Einstein în timp şi spaţiu

Samuel Graydon looks past Albert Einstein’s fame as a genius. He tells his life story in 99 short pieces. These show the many sides of his character. They link his private life with his work in science.

Graydon writes about science as a journalist. He shows how some of Einstein’s traits clashed with others. Einstein had little wish to learn at school. He failed in subjects other than maths. He struggled to find work and sought out women. He could also charm people at parties.

Einstein backed civil rights, yet held deep prejudices of his own. He supported the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The book looks at both sides of the man.

Some pieces show how false reports made him famous overnight. Others trace his effect on people he met by chance. Graydon tells what happened to Einstein’s brain after he died. He asks how well people knew this widely known man. He shows how Einstein inspired young physicists from one age group to the next. These are people who study how the physical world works. The pieces show the man behind the work in science. That work changed how we see the universe.

This edition forms part of the Orion series. Its original title is Einstein in time and space.