Cynthia Phillips - 101 Things You Didnt Know about Einstein: Sex, Science, and the Secrets of the Universe

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Phillips, Cynthia, 1973- author. | Priwer, Shana, author.

101 things you didnt know about Einstein / Cynthia Phillips, PhD, and Shana Priwer.

Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2018.

Includes index.

LCCN 2017036104 | ISBN 9781507206287 (pb) | ISBN 9781507206294 (ebook)

LCSH: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. | Physicists--Biography.

LCC QC16.E5 P45 2018 | DDC 530.092 [B] --dc23

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Contains material adapted from the following title published by Adams Media, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.: 101 Things You Didnt Know about Einstein by Cynthia Phillips, PhD, and Shana Priwer, copyright 2005, ISBN 978-1-59337-388-7.

History is debatable, especially when it comes to views on individuals. As the years roll on and perception and popular opinion change, so too do interpretations of historical events and achievements. Even with many of the figures and events of the last century, there is already a great deal of discussion and disagreement as to the how and the why of their lives and the extent of their impact. John F. Kennedy, Gandhi, Henry Fordall these people have had tremendous influence on the last hundred years, but details of their lives learned since their deaths have begun to shade modern opinion.

Of the influential figures of the twentieth century who stand out in our minds, few have had such profound and lasting influence as Albert Einstein. What makes Einstein different from other iconic figures of modern history is that, while many people know the importance of his scientific work, most people have little idea exactly what that work is or how greatly it affects the world today.

While just about everyone knows Einstein is responsible for the theory of relativity, how many people know that Einstein worked on a safer type of refrigerator and developed hearing aids? Or that he made a few scientific blunders and one of his students actually spotted a mistake in one of his papers? Then theres his personal life. Was Einstein a womanizer? Well, for one thing, he left his first wife after having an affair with his long-lost distant cousin.

Beyond his vast impact on the world of science, Einstein was also active politically and socially. He parlayed his fame into influence that he used as often and as wisely as he could. After fleeing Germany as the Nazi regime grew, he helped international humanitarian organizations provide aid to refugees less fortunate than he. He lent support to the fledging nation of Israel, a nation where he was so well respected that they offered him a position within the government.

Einstein did not stop there. A devoted pacifist, he struggled in the latter part of his life to influence various world governments to find a way to solve international disputes without resorting to violence and war. Yet at one point in his life, Einstein joined with some of his contemporaries and drafted a letter to the president of the United States suggesting that possession of a nuclear weapon might make an effective deterrent to war.

It is obvious that Einstein was a complex and accomplished man, so much so that he has become the modern embodiment of what we think of as a genius. 101 Things You Didnt Know about Einstein will help you see into all aspects of his life: personal, professional, religious, and social. These insights will help you understand one of the most important figures in all of history, not just the past hundred years of it.