本书不仅以翔实的史实勾勒出爱因斯坦伟大的一生，而且也从人类文化的源头上探寻着爱因斯坦思想、人格的精神底蕴。在书中，玄奥的物理学理论、传奇般的故事，在读者理喻20世纪历史文化进程的视野中，或许会形成一个既有深度、又有趣味的立体画面。同时，我们将在历史氛围中去理解爱因斯坦，也将在现实情境中去悄然接受爱因斯坦的精神感召。而且本书为英文版，让你在英语水平在阅读中得到大幅度提升。

Albert Einstein remains one of most famous scientists in world history. His image is instantly recognizable by even the most scientifically uninformed person——for many people, Einstein personifies genius. But who was Einstein really? What was he like as a person? What did his science actually mean? This fresh biography of Albert Einstein provides students and general readers a concise,accessible introduction to the life and science of this revolutionary man. Underneath his genius,Einstein was an ordinary person, with human frailties and weaknesses, but also with charm, modesty,a wry sense of humor, and idiosyncrasies. Readers will understand why he was named the “Person of the Century.”

Series Foreword

Prologue: Why Einstein?

Timeline

Chapter 1 　“It Is a Known Fact That I Was Born...”

Chapter 2 　Training the Mind

Chapter 3　 To Love and to Work

Chapter 4 　The Physics of the "Year of Miracles," 1905

Chapter 5 　Academic Life in Switzerland

Chapter 6 　The Early Berlin Years: War and Pacifism

Chapter 7 　The Road to General Relativity

Chapter 8 　The Later Berlin Years: Postwar Turmoil and the Rise of Hitler

Chapter 9 　On the Road Again

Chapter 10　 Coming to America

Chapter 11　 Final Years of an Enfant Terrible

Chapter 12　 Einstein the Experimenter

Epilogue: 　Einstein's Legacy

Appendix: 　The Story of Einstein's Famous Brain

Bibliography

Index

Vocabulary