Einstein - a biography

This is an illuminating new biography of Albert Einstein by the acclaimed academic and author, Jurgen Neffe.

It presents a clear and probing portrait of the man behind the myth.

It recounts Einstein's life with detail and accuracy, presenting a comprehensive account of the educational, religious, psychological and historical conditions that enabled Einstein to become the uber-physicist of all time.

It unearths new documents, including a series of previously unknown letters from Einstein to his sons, which shed a new light on his role as a father and paints a rich portrait of the tumultuous years in which Einstein lived and worked.

It describes and contextualizes Einstein's enormous contributions to our scientific legacy.

It is a bestseller in Germany, "Einstein" is sure to be a classic biography of the man and proverbial genius who has been called 'the brain of the [twentieth] century'.