@article{16beef40284a49ff8e5d775a475c3cbd,
title = "Book review: Einstein:his life and universe",
abstract = "Einstein : his life and universe",
author = "F.D.A. Wegener",
note = "WritingabiographyofacomplexpersonalityandmastermindlikeAlbertEinsteinisadaunting task foranyhistorianofscience.Yetthesheertemptationofwritinghisbiographyhasapparently helped toovercomescholarlyscruples,asbiographiesofEinsteinhaveappearedquiteregularlyon the market.Oneofthemis Einstein: hisLifeandUniverse by journalistWalterIsaacson.Itisabest- seller,whichisoneofthereasonsthebookdeservesacriticalevaluation.Isaacsonisamanof considerablerepute:hehasbeenthechairmanofCNNandmanagingeditorof Time magazine. Isaacson{\textquoteright}s Einstein is writteninastylethatisaccessibletoawideaudience.Scholarswhoarealready familiar withEinstein{\textquoteright}sphysicsmaystillenjoythepartsofthebookthatdealwiththerelation betweenEinsteinandthepress.Indeed,thebreadthofitsscopeisthebook{\textquoteright}smajormerit,asit connects thepersonal,scientific,publicandpoliticaldimensionsofEinstein{\textquoteright}slife.Inthisreview, I discussIsaacson{\textquoteright}streatmentofthesedimensionsone-by-one.",
year = "2008",
language = "Undefined/Unknown",
volume = "39",
pages = "914--915",
journal = "Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics",
issn = "1355-2198",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
}