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.
”For a light exploration through the daily life of Albert Einstein during his American years (1933-1955) for the general reader, Randolph Hobler’s Einstein in Princeton: The Untold/The Unseen introduces you to Einstein’s friends, neighbors, acquaintances, scientific colleagues, and political kindred spirits during his Princeton, New Jersey years. As a native Princetonian, with access to interviews and anecdotes, Hobler is uniquely positioned to fill this niche. Spiced with delicious tidbits about Princeton, enriched by names and voices, and contextualized in U.S. history, the Princeton location and mid-20th century era become as characters in their own right, each explored in depth. A delightful opportunity to walk alongside Einstein, one of our nation’s most beloved American immigrants with a foreign accent, during the last 22 years of his life.”
Virginia Iris Holmes,
Author of Einstein’s Pacifism and World War I, and former Senior Research Editor with the Einstein Papers Project
“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
