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Einstein in Time and Space

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What to expect

A rollercoaster ride through the life and ideas of the twentieth century's most famous and controversial scientist in 99 sparkling vignettes.

DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS.
THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAIN

His face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, he's a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress, of the human mind, even of the age. But who was Einstein really?

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered relativity, black holes and E = mc2, dined with Charlie Chaplin in Hollywood and was the inspiration for (highly radioactive) element 99, Albert Einstein was also a high school dropout with an FBI file 1,400 pages long.

In this audiobook, Samuel Graydon's writing brings history's most famous scientist back to life. From his lost daughter to escaping the Nazis, from his love letters to unlikely inventions, from telling jokes to cheer up his sad parrot Bibo to refusing the Presidency of Israel, through the discoveries and thought experiments that changed science, Einstein in Time and Space tells 99 unforgettable stories of the man who redefined how we view our universe and our place within it.

(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critics Review

Illuminating
Nature
A mosaic biography of an exceptional scientist . . . [pieced together] with illuminating skill, style, candour and charm
TLS
For all the thousands of biographies previously written of him, I think Graydon has done a fine and often fascinating job here, and anyone with an interest in science and scientists will absolutely lap this up
Mail on Sunday
A masterful biography and a hugely entertaining read
i Paper
An intriguing, mosaic-like portrait of the great physicist
Literary Review
A great biography. Einstein is not treated as an unknowable genius, but as a flawed individual with interesting stories . . . an incredibly enjoyable read
Sky At Night
A fresh take . . . compelling and beautifully written. Enhances our understanding of both a great scientist and an exemplary humanist
Wall Street Journal
An immensely readable work about the man himself, collected into 99 short, mostly two-page, chapters, exploring his scientific ideas, quoting his letters, and telling many revealing anecdotes.
Church Times
Gems about this icon of modern physics continue to be written because he is such a rich subject, with more original sources referring to him becoming public every year. Still, it does take a new angle on Einstein to get publishers and reviewers excited. Samuel Graydon has achieved just that.
Physics World
Author Samuel Graydon
Narrator George Reid
Duration 9 hours and 9 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529372526
Format Audiobook
Publisher John Murray Press
Genre Biography: science, technology and medicine, Particle and high-energy physics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Relativity physics
Availability AU, GB, IE

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