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Einstein: His Life and Universe de Walter Isaacson

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Autor Walter Isaacson Edward Herrmann
en Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 31 mar 2007

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Imagineați-vă un tânăr funcționar la un birou de brevete din Berna, un tată care se luptă cu o căsnicie dificilă și un absolvent care nu reușește să obțină niciun post de asistent universitar sau măcar un doctorat. Acesta este misterul pe care Walter Isaacson îl descifrează în paginile de față: cum a reușit un spirit aparent marginalizat să devină „lăcătușul” care a deschis tainele universului? Subliniem faptul că Einstein nu este doar o cronică a descoperirilor fizicii, ci o analiză profundă a modului în care rebeliunea personală alimentează geniul academic. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care autorul transformă documentele de arhivă într-o narațiune cinematică, arătând că refuzul lui Einstein de a accepta autoritatea convențională a fost exact ingredientul necesar pentru a chestiona legile timpului și spațiului. Ca și în Leonardo Da Vinci de Walter Isaacson, această biografie transformă documentele în narațiune, umanizând o figură care risca să rămână doar o icoană abstractă a inteligenței. Considerăm că această lucrare reprezintă punctul central al operei lui Isaacson, făcând puntea între explorarea inovației tehnologice din The Innovators și portretul complex al vizionarului modern din Steve Jobs. Stilul este alert, documentat riguros, dar accesibil, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra legăturii indisolubile dintre libertatea politică, moralitatea individuală și progresul științific.

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ISBN-13: 9780743561389
ISBN-10: 0743561384
Dimensiuni: 137 x 151 x 42 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:Unabridged
Editura: Simon & Schuster Audio
Locul publicării:New York, NY

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această biografie oricărui cititor fascinat de procesul creativ și de istoria ideilor. Dincolo de formulele matematice, veți descoperi povestea unui om care a îndrăznit să fie impertinent în fața dogmelor. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege cum curiozitatea neobosită și spiritul liber pot schimba cursul istoriei, totul într-un format captivant care a inspirat producții TV de renume.

Despre autor

Walter Isaacson este unul dintre cei mai apreciați biografi contemporani, fost editor al revistei Time și CEO al CNN. Profesor la Universitatea Tulane, Isaacson și-a dedicat cariera studierii minților excepționale care au modelat civilizația umană. Expertiza sa în portretizarea geniului este evidentă în lucrările sale despre Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin sau Elon Musk. În Einstein, el folosește accesul la corespondența personală a fizicianului pentru a construi un portret nuanțat, demonstrând o capacitate unică de a explica concepte complexe prin prisma caracterului uman.

Recenzii

"Isaacson has managed the extraordinary feat of preserving Einstein's monumental stature while at the same time bringing him to such vivid life that we come to feel as if he could be walking in our midst."-- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "Team of Rivals"

"Walter Isaacson has captured the complete Einstein. With an effortless style that belies a sharp attention to detail and scientific accuracy, Isaacson takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind, and science of the man who changed our view of the universe." -- Brian Greene, Professor of Physics at Columbia and author of "The Fabric of the Cosmos"
"This is a brilliant intellectual tapestry -- and a great read. Skillfully weaving Einstein's revolutionary scientific achievements, his prolific political initiatives, his complex personal life, and his fascinating personality, Isaacson has transformed the transformer of the twentieth century into a beacon for the twenty-first century." -- Martin J. Sherwin, coauthor of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer", winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography
"Isaacson's treatment of Einstein's scientific work is excellent: accurate, complete, and just the right level of detail for the general reader. Taking advantage of the wealth of recently uncovered historical material, he has produced the most readable biography of Einstein yet." -- A. Douglas Stone, Professor of Physics at Yale
"With unmatched narrative skill, Isaacson has managed the extraordinary feat of preserving Einstein's monumental stature while at the same time bringing him to such vivid life that we come to feel as if he could be walking in our midst. This is a terrific work." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln"
"Isaacson has written a crisp, engaging, and refreshing biography, one that beautifully masters the historical literature and offers many new insights into Einstein's work and life." -- Diana Kormos Buchwald, General Editor of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
"Once again Walter Isaacson has produced a most valuable biography of a great man about whom much has already been written. It helps that he has had access to important new material. He met the challenge of dealing with his subject as a human being and describing profound ideas in physics. His biography is a pleasure to read and makes the great physicist come alive." -- Murray Gell-Mann, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics and author of "The Quark and the Jaguar"
"This book will be widely and deservedly admired. It is excellently readable and combines the personal and the scientific aspects of Einstein's life in a graceful way." -- Gerald Holton, Professor of Physics at Harvard and author of "Einstein, History, and Other Passions"
"This book does an amazing job getting the science right and the man revealed." -- Sylvester James Gates, Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland
"I found so much to admire; there are many places where I just had to cheer what Isaacson had written." -- Dudley Herschbach, Professor of Science at Harvard
"Isaacson has admirably succeeded in weaving together the complex threads of Einstein's personal and scientific life to paint a superb portrait." -- Arthur I. Miller, author of "Einstein, Picasso"
"Isaacson has managed the extraordinary feat of preserving Einstein's monumental stature while at the same time bringing him to such vivid life that we come to feel as if he could be walking in our midst." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of "Team of Rivals "

Descriere

Walter Isaacson's "New York Times" bestselling biography of Albert Einstein is now available on audio for only $14.99 and will coincide with the hardcover and audio release of his next work, "Steve Jobs."How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.
Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk--a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate--became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals.
These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.

Notă biografică

Walter Isaacson is the bestselling author of biographies of Jennifer Doudna, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein. He is a professor of history at Tulane and was CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor ofTime. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.

Edward Herrmann's films include Nixon, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Annie, and The Aviator. On television's Gilmore Girls he starred as the patriarch, Richard Gilmore. He has also appeared on The Good Wife, Law & Order, 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, and Oz. He earned an Emmy Award for The Practice, and remains well-known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of FDR in Eleanor and Franklin and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years. On Broadway, he won a Tony Award for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession.

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