Einstein: His Life and His Universe

[a:Walter Isaacson 7111 Walter Isaacson https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1192222433p2/7111.jpg] has written a good biography of Einstein. Einstein, though famous, is still a somewhat enigmatic person. Isaacson brings him to life – the genius, the individualist, the pacifistic activist, the family man, the absent-minded professor, and even the casual philanderer. A lot of good research went into the book.This book is also a two-for. You get a good layman's introduction to the Theory of Relativity. In fact, I think [b:Einstein: His Life and Universe 10884 Einstein His Life and Universe Walter Isaacson https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328011405s/10884.jpg 985244] will teach you about as much as you can absorb about Relativity without getting into multidimensional non-Euclidean geometry and tensor calculus.Well worth reading if you are interested in Einstein and his times.