If You Think There's Nothing New About Einstein...
...Think Again!
...About the Nazi boy's camp outside Princeton. About the 44 FBI agents secretly surveilling Einstein and his colleagues. About the hundreds of unique, precious anecdotes between Einstein and Princeton tots and teens. About the wonderful stories of 137 distinguished Princeton residents and Herr Professor. About how Einstein visited Hiroshima in 1922. About how Einstein served in the Navy. About how Ralph Nader almost ran him over. About how he regularly walked seven miles to visit a friend. How without Einstein there would be no GPS. And so much more.
“Einstein in Princeton is a biography Einstein would have loved to read. Laced with anecdotes by neighbors, friends and Nobel laureates alike, the book provides an engaging account of Einstein’s daily life: his whims and eccentricities, his pacifism, and abhorrence of racism, his tastes in food and music, his sailing escapades and long walks. A portrait of Einstein emerges as ever childlike and curious, irresistably drawn to puzzles and mysteries of every kind. It even records who cut his iconic hair and explores every dimension of his spiritual life. Through Einstein’s example, the biography serves as a primer on how to live a meaningful and deeply human life.”
Jeff Winicour
Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy
University of Pittsburgh
Advisee to Einstein assistant Peter Bergmann
“I already knew a very few of the stories about Einstein related in this book, and am fascinated to learn so many more about someone who had a wonderfully productive intuition that made him a central actor in the revolutionary advances in physics in the first two decades of the twentieth century. This book is a source of inspiration from the memories of a great genius and powerful advocate for peace and human equality.”
James E. Peebles
Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus Princeton University
“What I particularly enjoy are the historical vignettes, the little detours taken to inform. The wonderful and insightful section on personal hygiene is precious. The centrality of music in Einstein’s very core, expressed constantly in whistling, playing, attending, participating. The complex and profound beauty of his internal world. The relationships with Paul Robeson and Marian Anderson are not only totally unexpected, but deeply touching.”
Curtis M. Hinsley
Regents' Professor of History Emeritus
Northern Arizona University
