How did Einstein's mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography
shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his
personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between
creativity and freedom. Based on the newly released personal letters of Albert
Einstein, Walter Isaacson explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent
clerk - a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching
job or a doctorate - became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos,
the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom and the universe. His success came
from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck
others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on
respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals. These traits are
just as vital for this new century of globalization, in which our success will
depend on our creativity, as they were for the beginning of the last century,
when Einstein helped usher in the modern age.

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