Einstein (Abridged): His Life and Universe Audiobook

" How else can you understand both the character and how physics were changed. "

" INteresting, easy to read, and educational. What more could you ask? "

" Very good read with a nice dose of since thrown in. It explains many of Einstein early "though experiments" in some detail, but nothing you need to have a PhD in Physics to understand. Book covers his entire life. This book was read by Steve Jobs and it is the book that caused him to ask its author, Walter Isaacson, to write his own biography (after Steve Jobs realized he had cancer). "

" This book was very telling, history can be so one dimensional. This book brought at least a second dimension to Einstein's life for me. "

" This book was fascinating, but the physics chapters were quite difficult to plow through. The author tried to explain most of it in layman's terms, but some of it just can't be. I wanted to understand vectors and fields so instead of skimming, I read and reread. I probably should've just skimmed vectors and fields. The biographical part was excellent. "

" I waited for this one and wasn't disappointed. So many personal details made it rich reading. The personalities of those he corresponded and worked with were varied and quirky and dishy even though they were a bunch of scientists and mathemeticians. Well worth the time. "

" This has to be "one of" the better biographies ever written' "

" I finished read this book. When he died, i felt losing someone close.. really great biography of Einstein "

" A compelling read for a train ride. "

" Great book about Einstein's life and science. Very readable. It provides good insight into the intellectual and emotional life of one of the 20th centuries greatest minds. "

" Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooring...........I quit after page 112 "

" I really enjoyed this book. I felt like the author helped me enter Einstein's world a little bit and see him as a human being instead of an icon. The descriptions of discoveries and science seemed to be accurate while remaining accessible. "

" Normally I'm not a biography type of person, but this was well-paced and incredibly informative! "

" Very dense, multidimensinal portrait. Skippe a lot of the science I did not understand. However, his philosophies and personality were really wonderful. "

" Currently reading and will always be reading. Its a BIG book. Good reading and spans an interesting time in history. "

" fantastic bio of albert. you get his science plus his politics. especially interesting after usa uses the ABOMB, as einstein pushes hard for a one world federalism to manage atomic uses. or, he said, we would be fated to an atomic arms race. he was right. "

" Very insightful biography of a man who was much more than a brilliant scientist. We are fortunate that Isaacson was able to obtain access to Einstein's personal correspondence. I'm looking forward to reading his bio of Ben Franklin next. "

" A well crafted and easy read that takes you through an amazing mix of world war II, the foundations of modern physics and the struggle of a brilliant man to understand his racial and religious identity. "

" the best. it was especially sweet when i went cross-eyed from all the physics. bc getting high is fun. "

" very good book- breaks up his life into decades and smaller time scales- delves into personal life and professional life- explains things in easy to understand terms "

" While this was a very informative and detailed book, there were moments where i felt the author lost his way and fumbled through a few sections. Even with the hiccups, this is well worth the read! "

" I listened to this a few months ago to get an introduction to Einstein. I enjoyed the balance between Einstein's family life and his intellectual pursuits. The reader was engaging. <br/> "

" This is precisely how a biography should be. Expertly researched and masterfully written, this book is as brilliant as Albert Einstein himself "

" A fascinating look at the life and times of science's greatest celebrity. "

" Shows einstein as the person he probably was.. vey well linked to the world situation at the moment, specifically highlighting nacionalism and anti-semitism "

" This book made me appreciated Einstein more than ever. "

" A revealing pretrial of the life of a true genius! This book also shows the human side of Prof. Einstein. "

" I could not stop reading it. "

" Read about 1/3. The science was above me. Then I cam across another book by Bill Bryson that explained stuff (like the random principle) in words I could understand; so I quit this biography and took up that book. "

" How else can you understand both the character and how physics were changed. "