Biographies

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

About the Program

Historian Walter Isaacson documents the life of scientist Albert Einstein whose theories in the field of physics changed the conventional thinking at the time and shaped the future. Mr. Isaacson looks at the personal as well as the professional life of the Noble prize winning thinker and contends that his family, marriages, and religiosity assist in understanding Einstein's scientific achievements. This is the first biography on Albert Einstein that is based on his published and unpublished papers that were unsealed in 2006.  Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity on March 20, 1916.

About the Authors

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is the author of biographies of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Kissinger.  He is the president of the Aspen Institute and is a former chairman of CNN and managing editor of Time magazine.


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Einstein: His Life and Universe

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Past Airings

  • Sunday, March 20th at 6pm (ET)
  • Monday, May 28th at 2:01am (ET)
  • Monday, May 14th at 12:30am (ET)
  • Sunday, April 29th at 8:01pm (ET)
  • Sunday, April 29th at 12pm (ET)
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