Einstein - (His Life and Times) 2nd Edition by Philipp Frank (Paperback)

About the Book

A unique hybrid of a book, rich in both personal insights and grounded in a deep knowledge of twentieth-century science, this highly readable biography anchors the reader with a lucid overview of physics and draws an intimate portrait of the Nobel Prize winner.

Book Synopsis

Much has been written about Albert Einstein, technical and biographical, but very little remains as valuable as this unique hybrid of a book written by Einstein's colleague and contemporary. Both rich in personal insights and grounded in a deep knowledge of twentieth-century science, Phillip Frank's biography anchors the reader with a lucid overview of physics and draws an intimate portrait of the Nobel Prize-winner.

About the Author

In 1912, Philipp Frank became Einstein's successor at the University of Prague. In 1938, he came to the U.S., where he taught at Harvard. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1966.