October 31, 2007 - 4:13am
Review - Einstein: His Life and Universe
by Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster Audio, 2007
Review by Bob Lane, M.A.
Oct 30th 2007 (Metapsychology Volume 11, Issue 44)
Isaacson's book is superb. Herrmann's reading of the book is perfect. Herrmann does not get between the author and the audience but presents an intelligent reading filled with sensitivity and power which allows the listener the freedom to react imaginatively to the text.
I have become a great fan of audio books. I listened in the car on a recent 7,000 kilometer motor trip. I listen in the gym while working out on a rowing machine or a treadmill. That sort of multi-tasking is one of the fringe benefits of modern technology.
The work takes full advantage of the recently released Einstein letters covering many personal, professional, public and scientific matters. Mileva Maric, Elsa Einstein, Hendrik Lorentz, Arnold Sommerfeld, Paul Ehrenfest, Tullio Levi-Civita, David Hilbert, Willem de Sitter, Max Born, Max Planck, Hermann Weyl, Niels Bohr and Felix Klein -- a veritable "who's who" of the twentieth century -- are all included.
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