From the bestselling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics.Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized...

It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Châ telet, a beguiling— and married— aristocrat who would one day popularize Newton’ s arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein’ s theorie...