Book review: Einstein:his life and universe

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Book review: Einstein:his life and universe
 
Wegener, F.D.A.
(2008) Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, volume 39, pp. 914 - 915
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Einstein : his life and universe
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ISSN: 1355-2198
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
Note: WritingabiographyofacomplexpersonalityandmastermindlikeAlbertEinsteinisadaunting task foranyhistorianofscience.Yetthesheertemptationofwritinghisbiographyhasapparently helped toovercomescholarlyscruples,asbiographiesofEinsteinhaveappearedquiteregularlyon the market.Oneofthemis Einstein: hisLifeandUniverse by journalistWalterIsaacson.Itisabest- seller,whichisoneofthereasonsthebookdeservesacriticalevaluation.Isaacsonisamanof considerablerepute:hehasbeenthechairmanofCNNandmanagingeditorof Time magazine. Isaacson’s Einstein is writteninastylethatisaccessibletoawideaudience.Scholarswhoarealready familiar withEinstein’sphysicsmaystillenjoythepartsofthebookthatdealwiththerelation betweenEinsteinandthepress.Indeed,thebreadthofitsscopeisthebook’smajormerit,asit connects thepersonal,scientific,publicandpoliticaldimensionsofEinstein’slife.Inthisreview, I discussIsaacson’streatmentofthesedimensionsone-by-one.
 
 
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