Einstein

Synopsis of Einstein

«Einstein : La joie de la pensée» is the biographical essay by Françoise Balibar, published by Gallimard in paperback (144 pages, in French).

The book follows Albert Einstein's exceptional journey in seven short chapters: his passion for understanding, the crisis of the physics of his time, the miracle year of 1905, his reflections on matter, space and time, the use of fame, the final solitude and the legacy of his work. It closes with a section of testimonies and documents.

Part of the Découvertes Gallimard collection. French edition published on 25 November 1993.

For readers interested in science, physics and biographies of great thinkers.