DENNIS OVERBYE

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award: the "intensely exciting" story of a group of brilliant scientists who set out to answer the deepest questions about the origin of the universe and changed the course of physics and astronomy forever (Newsday). In southern California, nearly a half century ago, a small band of researchers equipped with a new 200-inch telescope and a faith born of scientific optimism embarked on the greatest intellectual adventure in the history of humankind: the search for the origin and fate of the universe. Their quest would eventually engulf all of physics and astronomy, leading not only to the discovery of quasars, black holes, and shadow matter but also to fame, controversy, and Nobel Prizes. Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos tells the story of the men and women who have taken eternity on their shoulders and stormed nature in search of answers to the deepest questions we know to ask."Written with such wit and verve that it is hard not to zip through in one sitting." Washington Post

Hace ahora cien años, Albert Einstein entró para siempre y de una manera triunfal en el mundo de la ciencia, al publicar los primeros esbozos de lo que sería la teoría de la relatividad. Desde entonces su figura fue creciendo y acabo convirtiendose en un icono del siglo XX. Todos recuerdan su rostro de hombre ensimismado, de cabellos alborotados y mirada penetrante, pero casi nadie sabe como se inicio Einstein en el campo de las matematicas y quien le acompaño en esa aventura vital

In Einstein in Love, Dennis Overbye has written the first profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on his early adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It reveals Einstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger, self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismatic genius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research, Einstein in Love is a penetrating portrait of the modern eras most influential thinker.