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Jul. 06, 2007
New Biography Focuses On Einstein's Creativity
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| Why does Einstein, who died more than 50 years ago, continue to fascinate us? Join Ira in this hour of Science Friday for a talk with Walter Isaacson, former head of Time and CNN, about his new biography of Einstein. Isaacson is also author of one of the leading biographies of Benjamin Franklin. In his new biography of Einstein, Isaacson argues that it was Einstein's creativity, not mathematical genius, that led him to his great discoveries. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Walter Isaacson
Author, "Einstein:
His Life and Universe," (Simon and Schuster, 2007)
President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
Former Managing Editor, Time
Magazine
Former Chairman and CEO,
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