Albert Einstein: A Biography. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Albert Einstein: A Biography

A household name, Albert Einstein's achievements have been widely documented. In this new biography Folsing draws on previously unknown sources and letters, in order to put Einstein's work in the context of the state of research at the turn of the century. Here, Einstein's surroundings are revealed and explored, his genius is portrayed within his everyday environment. In particular, Folsing examines the enormous burst of creativity that Einstein had in 1905 when he began making his momentous contributions to physics at the age of twenty-six.

Albrecht Folsing was born in Germany in 1940, and studied physics in Berlin, Philadelphia and Hamburg. He became a science journalist and most recently has been Head of the Department of 'Nature and Science' of a German radio and television station. In 1983 he published a biography of GALILEO, which aroused considerable public attention.