Einstein：His Life and Universe

　By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available.

　How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.

　Based on newly released personal letters of Einstein, this book explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk -- a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate -- became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals.

　These traits are just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century, when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.

《爱因斯坦传》是一本爱因斯坦的生活传记，是爱因斯坦的所有文稿解密之后问世的第一部有关他的内容详尽、可读性极强的传记。作者在《爱因斯坦传》中揭示了爱因斯坦的科学想象如何源于他叛逆的个性。《爱因斯坦传》基于新近披露的爱因斯坦的私人信件，探究了这位富于想象、不拘礼节的专利员领会造物主的心思、揭开原子和宇宙奥秘的过程。引人入胜的故事证明，创造力与自由密不可分。

Walter Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is a writer and biographer. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of TIME. He was appointed by President Obama to be the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which runs Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and the other international broadcasts of the U.S. government.

沃尔特·艾萨克森：阿斯彭研究所（AspenInstitute）执行总裁，曾任有线新闻电视网（CNN）主席和《时代》（Time）周刊总编。他的著作有《史蒂夫·乔布斯传》（Steve Jobs) 《富兰克林传》（BenjaminFranklin:AnAmericanLife）和《基辛格传》（Kissinger:ABiography）等。