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In this detailed and well-balanced biography, illustrated with exceptional archival photographs, John B. Severance identifies Einstein's complex theories and makes clear why his ideas are still the basis of work by today's top physicists. Along the way, he reveals the contradictions that made up Einstein's character: he was a misfit who became a celebrity, a pacifist whose work made it possible the creation of the atom bomb, and a nonreligious man who became a leading voice for the Zionist movement. What emerges is a picture of a brilliant, compassionate, imperfect man whose remarkable theories gave the world an enormous push into the future.
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