Who Was Albert Einstein?

Albert Einstein tried to uncover a new vision of the world and the universe. He came very close, giving a radically new shape to our understanding of nature and our dreams of humanity. His thinking and above all, his personality have continually fascinated scientists, historians, and philosophers. Yet Einstein also let his enguis be used in a dangerous way: he intiated the construction of the atom bomb.

Albert Einstein has often been called the "brightest man alive," and he aslo was the one and only scientific pop star. Who was this little man with disheveled hair, this violin virtuoso who sometimes forgot to eat?

Combining a captivating biography with photographs and unpublished documents, Who Was Albert Einstein? reveals the genius's mysterious personality. A hundred years after Einstein first published his Special Theory of Relativity, this chronological biography allows us to understand the life and work of an uncommon man.