Albert Einstein’s name has become shorthand for genius in theoretical physics. We tend to picture him scribbling equations about space and time, not tinkering in a workshop. Yet tucked alongside his ...

Origins of genius. Victorian childhood ; Coming of age ; Annus mirabilis ; Only the beginning -- "The happiest thought of my life." Interlude one. The romance of many dimensions ; Glimpsing a solution ...

"Originally published in Germany as Albert Einstein : eine Biographie by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1993"--T.p. verso.

Most people know Albert Einstein as the mind behind E = mc². You might also have heard the story that he struggled in school or failed math. That image of a lone genius has stuck for years. But when ...