Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter IsaacsonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book describes the life and times of Albert Einstein, who was one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. He was born in Germany and lived until the age of 75. He married Maleiva while studying in Zurich. They had a daughter who Einstein could never see and was given up for adoption. Later on they had 2 sons of whom Hans Albert Einstein was the elder one and Edward the younger. Edward was not mentally fit and had to spend most part of his life in an asylum. Einstein was not living with his sons and had married his cousin Elsa and lived in Berlin .. maleiva used to take care of their sons.. Einstein did not divorce her until much later and when he did he did so with the significant sum that he got from his nobel prize. He moved to the US at the time when Hitler was coming to power in Germany .. he chose to stay till the end of his life for almost 22 years in Princeton as a lecturer for physics and mathematics ..
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