Einstein
The Life and Times
1st Edition
Published on 28. September 2011
895 pages
978-1-4482-0270-6 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1972, Ronald W. Clark's definitive biography of Einstein, the Promethean figure of our age, goes behind the phenomenal intellect to reveal the human side of the legendary absent-minded professor. Here is the classic portrait of the scientist and the man: the boy growing up in the Swiss Alps, the young man caught in an unhappy first marriage, the passionate pacifist who agonized over making The Bomb, the indifferent Zionist asked to head the Israeli state, the physicist who believed in God.
"Vivid and readable" -The New York Times
"Vivid and readable" -The New York Times
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4482-0270-6 (9781448202706)
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02/2013
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Person
Ronald Clark (1916-1987) born in London and educated at King's College School. In 1933 he chose journalism as a career. During the Second World War, after being turned down for military duty on medical grounds, he served as a war correspondent. During this time Clark landed on Juno Beach with the Canadians on D-Day and followed the war until it's end, then remained in Germany to report on the major War Crimes trials.
Clark returned to Britain in 1948 and wrote extensively on subjects ranging from mountain climbing to the atomic bomb, Balmoral Castle to world explorers. He also wrote a number of biographies on a myriad of figures, such as: Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Sigmund Freud, and Bertrand Russell.
Clark returned to Britain in 1948 and wrote extensively on subjects ranging from mountain climbing to the atomic bomb, Balmoral Castle to world explorers. He also wrote a number of biographies on a myriad of figures, such as: Charles Darwin, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Sigmund Freud, and Bertrand Russell.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Part One The Making of a Mission
- Chapter 1. German Boy
- Chapter 2. Stateless Person
- Chapter 3. Swiss Civil Servant
- Part Two The Voyage of Discovery
- Chapter 4. Einstein's Relativity
- Chapter 5. Fruits of Success
- Chapter 6. Moves Up the Ladder
- Chapter 7. A Jew in Berlin
- Chapter 8. The Sensorium of God
- Chapter 9. The Fabric of the Universe
- Part Three The Hinge of Fate
- Chapter 10. The New Messiah
- Chapter 11. Ambassador-at-Large
- Part Four The Einstein Age
- Chapter 12. Unter den Linden
- Chapter 13. The Call of Peace
- Chapter 14. The Call of Zion
- Chapter 15. Preparing for the Storm
- Chapter 16. Good-bye to Berlin
- Chapter 17. Shopping for Einstein
- Chapter 18. Of No Address
- Part Five The Illustrious Immigrant
- Chapter 19. Living with the Legend
- Chapter 20. Einstein, the Bomb, and the Board of Ordnance
- Chapter 21. The Conscience of the World
- Chapter 22. Two Stars at the End of the Rocket
- Afterword
- Sources and Bibliography
- Notes
- Footnotes
- A Note on the Author
- Also by the Author
- Imprint
