Description:
Albert Einstein is a great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity, and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol and his name a synonym for genius. In 2006, all of his (published and unpublished) papers were unsealed, and with this new information we can get a deeper understanding of the man and his place in history. What role did Einstein?s ?rebellious nature? play in his creativity? What were his thoughts about the existence of God? Why were the seven years he worked at a patent office the most creative years of his life? Why did the Nobel Committee wait for 17 years to award him the Nobel Prize?and not for the idea of relativity? What role did music play in the mind of Einstein? Finally we have the material necessary to begin to understand the mind and legacy of this great scientist.
Speaker(s):
Walter Isaacson, president and CEO, The Aspen Institute
|
