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Review - Einstein - His Life and Universe _ Walter Isaacson

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Image Courtesy: www.goodreads.com   Who is the most celebrated scientist of the world? Whose picture that we immediately form in our mind when it comes to science and physics? Who has been regarded as the symbol of intelligence, excellence, and simplicity? There is no second guess – the answers to all these questions are Albert Einstein. Born in Germany, grown in Switzerland and then Germany again, and finally settled in USA, Einstein was a revered scientist whose Theory of Specific and General Relativity is the most famous physical theory of all; which lead to the equation which is more famous than the theory itself, and can be found on the cover of almost every science book around the world is: Einstein himself used to say repeatedly that he was no more intelligent than any other man around him; what kept him ahead of them all is his ability to be curious, to ask questions, and to look for the simplicity in the nature and universe itself. If we can learn anything from his life...