Albert Einstein Book Review

Albert brilliance remains one of the 20th Centurys well-nigh enigmatic yet popular figures. His noble-minded concepts are more than most adults can handle, yet his popularity seems to rise with each passing year. His continuing importance to the world of physics is staggering given the new-fashioned advancements in the world of quantum physics. Yet Einstein the man is a much a different person than Einstein the scientist. It is Einstein the man that we see here, in this wonderful book by Maree Ferguson Delano.Delano, who also wroteThe Photogbiography of Thomas Alva Edison, returns to the photobiography format here as well, and its a good thing because Einstein is difficult enough to brook as it is. Photo after photo shows Einstein as a definitely human scientist, one who cared deeply for his family and who wanted desperately to have a real job. Einstein lived in Germany during the rise of the Nazis. The threat to his safety is very real, and it is partly because of the horrors that he sees growing up that he helps the Allies on the passageway to building the atomic bomb.He once wrote Organized power can be opposed only by organized power. Much as I regreat this, there is no other way. The author does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the scientist and his momentous discoveries. (But the reader wont be able to get a complete picture of Einstein without a little further reading on his achievements. Delano tries mightily to distill the brilliance of Einstein into younger-reader-friendly terms, but it is a daunting task that escapes even the most brilliant of writers. His genius cannot be denied, however, and the author does a good job of displaying it for all to see. Einsteins theories of relativity and spacetime are amazing, especially considering that he was a terrible student, one whom one of his teachers predicted would never amount to anything. That he conceived these monumental ideas with nothing more than pencil and paper and his own im agination is breathtakingly amazing. One theme that emerges from this discussion of Einsteins emotional state is how much he liked children. He felt that he never really grew up.He preferred the simple lives of children, who, in good times, didnt have to worry well-nigh many things that their parents did, like food, clothing, and shelter. In his later years, he received thousands of letters every year. Many of those letters were from children, and he took great pleasure in responding to them. In doing so, as he did throughout his life, he didnt talk down to children or force them to be adults to understand what he was saying. Rather, he became a child again, cerebration in their terms and enjoying their lives, which were simpler than adults.The photos, provided as always by the excellent library of the National Geographic, are excellent in illustrating the life of a man who need no introduction. The requisite timeline at the back of the book is a help as well, allowing the reader to put into perspective the events of Einsteins life. The Afterword is especially helpful, taking a construe at how Einstein dominates public life even today, exactly 100 years after he announced his first theory of relativity. This book is recommended for old(a) readers or for youngsters who have a basic understanding of physics.Some of the concepts are high-minded, and they have to be this is not a bad thing. The author deals with the subject matter as ably as possible. The human story of Einsteinas father, husband, devoted son, friend to childrenshines through as well and can be understood by readers of all ages. Adults, too, will get a more rounded picture of the great scientist by reading this book, which, like its subject, doesnt talk down to anybody, instead displace its complex subject matter into terms that can be understood.