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Walter isaacson, the ceo of the aspen institute, has been chairman of cnn and the managing editor of time magazine. Eventually, in the late 1990s, einsteins brain was returned to the einstein family see epilogue, pages 544551. Walter isaacson, who heads the aspen institute and spent decades covering politics, eventually becoming managing editor of time magazine, told the cbs this morning co. Isaacson deals clearly and comfortably with the scope of einsteins life. In this talk i will discuss einsteins political views on issues including intellectual freedom, racism, and prospects for world peace. Download steve jobs isaacson walter pdf genial ebooks. New biography focuses on einsteins creativity in his new biography of albert einstein, author walter isaacson argues that it was einsteins creativity. Praise for the other einstein in the other einstein, marie benedict brings us into the life and times of mileva maric einstein, alberts first wife.
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