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Walter isaacson audio books, best sellers, author bio. Walter isaacson was born on may 20, 1952 in new orleans, louisiana, usa. Einstein was a rebel and nonconformist from boyhood days, and these character traits drove both his life and his science. You will have a better understanding of einsteins impact, his motivations, and his personality. Nicely done life of the most accomplished american of his age. Einstein s success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marvelling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. Walter isaacson audiobooks download instantly today. Now the basis of genius, the tenpart national geographic series on the. Walter isaacson audio books at simply audiobooks simply. In this authoritative and engrossing fullscale biography, walter isaacson, bestselling author of einstein and steve jobs, shows how the most fascinating of americas founders helped define our national. Einstein, his life and universe walter isaccson 2015 audiobook not a cd. Benjamin franklin is the founding father who winks at us an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leatheraproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. It helps that he has had access to important new material. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android.
He is the university professor of history at tulane university. Albert einstein the world as i see it audiobook youtube. You learn of his views on war, his scientific discoveries, his family life, his goals at a young age etc. Isaacsons biography is an excellent exhibition of einsteins personality, aura, rebellious nature and scientific approach for things that seemed mundane to others. In 2005, astronomers and cosmologists celebrated in style the 100th anniversary of their annus. This is the third book ive read by walter isaacson, and i must say, like the innovators. Apr 26, 2008 best known for his book benjamin franklin. From his early triumphs as a swiss patent examiner when he made his earliest breakthroughs to his quixotic quest for a unified field theory and his connection to the jewish people i loved this book. Walter isaacson is a wonderful storyteller and writes engagingly about this enigmatic, characterful genius. In this narrative, walter isaacson explains how his mind worked and the mysteries of. Einstein by walter isaacson read by edward herrmann. Based on the newly released personal letters of albert einstein, walter isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk, a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldnt 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. He is known for his work on steve jobs 2015, genius 2017 and leonardo da vinci.
Walter isaacson born may 20, 1952 is an american analyst, author, journalist, historian, and professor. Because walter isaacson has made a cottage industry of writing about renaissance men, its no surprise, really, that hes finally landed on a subject from the actual renaissance. It is very well written for the lay person and reveals many interesting sides of einstein s life and works. The author of einstein, steve jobs, and, most recently, leonardo da vinci, has a weakness for cyberpunk dating to the 1980s.
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