Einstein and the Time Machine (Flashes of Genius)

Synopsis

Albert Einstein Wasn't Afraid To Think For Himself. And As A Young Man, He Had Little Choice--after Barely Passing His Final Exams In College, He Couldn't Find A Job In Physics And Had To Take A Job Reviewing Inventors' Patent Applications At An Office In Bern, Switzerland. But In His Free Time He Wrote Papers With Fantastical Theories. That Light Is Both A Wave And A Particle. That Matter Can Become Energy, And Energy Can Become Matter. That Space Can Bend And Time Is Relative. Other Scientists Ignored Him At First, But In Time Would Realize He Was Absolutely Correct About Nearly Everything, And It Turned The World Of Physics Upside Down. Einstein And The Time Machine Is A Fast-paced, Entertaining Biography Of The Greatest Thinkers Of The Twentieth Century. In Addition To Its Lively Story, It Includes 190 Illustrations, A Glossary, And Sidebars Covering Related Topics, From Time Travel To The Nobel Prize To The Origin Of The Universe--the Big Bang.