Please, Mr Einstein

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Description

A young woman enters a building in a nameless contemporary European city. She walks into a waiting room where a dozen other people, with briefcases or sheaves of documents, are gathered. Ushered into a large office, she meets Albert Einstein, who is engaged in trying to figure out the equation that explains the universe. He is charmed by her, and agrees to answer her questions.Einstein and the young woman begin discussing the concepts of time and space. He explains his theories about relativity and his responsibility in the creation of nuclear weapons. Einstein also talks about the problem of being famous, about his life in Nazi Germany and how his dreams of worldwide peace were shattered. He appears bright, witty, hugely sympathetic, but also tormented and dreamy.

Additional information

Weight 0.139 kg
Dimensions 1.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

192

Publisher

Year Published

2016-7-25

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784705187

About The Author

Jean-Claude Carrière is a writer, playwright and screenwriter. He is notably the co-author of Conversations About the End of Time (with Stephen Jay Gould, Umberto Eco, etc.). He recently collaborated with Michael Haneke on his award-winning film The White Ribbon and he has worked with many of the twentieth century's great directors including Peter Brook, Miloš Forman, Luis Buñuel and Jean-Luc Godard.

Review Quote

A thought-provoking introduction to Einstein and quantum theory

Other text

Carrière's humane sensibility makes him the ideal man to humanise Einstein