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Walter Isaacson, Illus. with photos: Einstein His Life and Universe (Paperback, 2008, Brand: Simon Schuster, Simon & Schuster) 4 stars

Albert Einstein's life and times.

Review of 'Einstein His Life and Universe' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I finished reading one of the best biographies I've read in the recent past. Walter Isaacson has done a wonderful job composing this biography. This book changed my view about Einstein completely. He he is something much more than a brilliant physicist. Einstein is a man with a good sense of humor, never got tired of making romance till his last breath and a humanist by heart. Just like a good scientist would do, he changed his opinion about war and conflicts based on the circumstances and always pushed for the betterment of the human race.
The first sentence of the speech he was drafting in his deathbed to be delivered later if he lived to do it indicates his unshaken spirit which took him for a 76 year long journey.
"I speak to you today not as an American citizen and not as a Jew, but as a human being ..."