Includes thirteen essays ranging from the autobiographical to the purely scientific. Discusses imaginary time and black holes while reflecting on will, the value of life, and his perceptions of death.

Recounts the life of the physicist / scientist whose theories of relativity about the universe revolutionized the way we look at space and time.

An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.

Even when he was a kid, Albert Einstein did things his own way. He thought in pictures instead of words, and his special way of thinking helped him understand big ideas like the structure of music and why a compass always points north. Those ideas made him want to keep figuring out the secrets of the universe. Other people thought he was just a dreamer, but because of his curiosity, Einstein grew up to be one of the greatest scientists the world has...