Ideas And Opinions

The book gives a fairly good overview of Einstein, and touches on a wide range of issues. Interesting to learn on Einstein's thoughts on morality, religion, politics, as well as his personal approach to how he viewed the laws of the universe and approached problem solving. An enjoyable and interesting read on a very interesting person.

Einstein is good for more than complicated equations. This book shows that he is able to balance the logical and the philosophical. Even though this was written decades ago, Einstein's take on America and world is spot-on. Much of what he warned could happen has happened. Deep.

I am fascinated by Albert Einstein, and every quote of his intrigues me even more about Space, Time, and Math. This book focuses on all those unique quotes of Einstein, and reviews writings of his. This book is a definite must whether you are curious about Albert or already know much about him... it's perfect for any book collection.

A deeper look into the man who changed science forever! This book reveals Einstein as the philosopher, humanitarian, educator, and politician most people never knew. I haven't finished the book, but I pick it up all the time to read an essay or two. A great insight into a great mind!

Since Einstein was supposed to be the smartest man of the 19th and 20th centuries, I thought I could get some insight into questions that had puzzled man since the beginning. The meaning of life. What am I doing here? That kind of stuff. Well, let me tell you I spent all my time looking up words on my Franklin. That's the problem with smart people. They try to prove how smart they are by using words that nobody else understands. In my case, Einstein succeeded. I think he's real smart but I still don't know what I'm doing here.

Before I begin, I was mainly interested in this book for everything besides einsteins views on science.

I acknowledge the necessity of capitalism but there are definitely social problems that cannot be solved by it, and any new solutions to societies social problems will because of hard work and technology of dedicated people, and not because of the idealogy. There are severe defects in market economies that cannot be overcome by capitalist market principles. I see enough people on disability and minimum wage everday to know that markets are fundamentally broken when it comes to the weakest in society and the insane pace of inventions and technologies making workers skills obselete. Then on top of that competing with other countries who have extremely cheap workers, genetic limitations on peoples potential and ability to increase their market value in modern economies, etc.

Einstein was truly a brilliant, caring and remarkable man. He has the hallmark of all true intellectuals and truly rational men: He saw that crime and violence and the disruption of economic security of societies weakest members caused by capitalism, as form of brutish ignorance of a backward, unthinking and animalistic minds of those in power that endorse it's doctrine.

Almost all superior intellects acknowledge the problems of market principles and market economies and how they cause economic insecurity, and the degenerate people that endorse and run them. See William James Sidis and Boris sidis realized this as well, James was a child prodigy, and his father was also genius of a man.

Obviously einstein never gave much insight into the kinds of solutions he would implement but he saw the fundamental problems: Those in power keep getting stronger and the rest of society gets their jobs and economic security (i.e. secure in their ability to obtain food, housing, clothes and a roof over their head) displaced constantly as new inventions keep displacing or devaluing their work or other countries with different currency valuations and emormous oversupply of workers keep devaluing their work, wages, and purchasing power.

In modern capitalism the strong get stronger, and the weaker have to worry about losing their wellbeing or ability to afford housing and food while living and when older. Many other ancestral societies would be turning in their graves at how stupid modern people are who live under the boot of capitalism when applied to human and social needs of societies weakest members.

The basic ability ro obtain food, cloth yourself and have a roof over your head should be *gauranteed for all*, no one really owns planet earth, people just love to believe other people own things. What a barbaric and backward system it is invented and designed by the brutish animal minds of those that came before us, einstein saw through the swiss cheeze thinking two faced apologists of capitalism, he knew that you cannot eliminate "poverty", since poverty was a requirement of capitalism to begin with, who would scrub your toilets, be your waiters and clean your hotel rooms, if poverty was not a constant *feature* built into the capitalist system?

As if 'poverty' was caused by something other then humans lack of ethics and ability to share food and responsibility to collectively maintain, build, and produce the necessities that enable them to live secure and then share them with one another. Einstein strikes right at the heart of the cause of 'social problems' in market economies: Market and market principles. He saw that markets can solve some problems very well but not others, he wanted a society that had the incentives and industriousness of capitalism, with the ethics of socialism, with none of the exploitation, economic insecurity (inability to pay rent, food, electric and heat, that drive people to crime in the first place, their inability to pay is what markets dictate, especially for those weaker members who's intellects and abilities are fixed by genetics) and displacement of capitalism.

Einstein saw that market principles are the *cause* of social problems to begin with. He saw other humans for what they were : Backward, ignorant and unethical animals without the will to solve their problems like rational and compassionate human beings, a capitalist idealogy is an idealogy of a 21st century barbarian, a necessary evil of the historical legacy of our inheritance of our ancestors.

Mark twain was correct in that human beings are a race of cowards and fools, at least at the present time. Once in a while you get a great mind like einstein who see's through the utter backwardness and degeneracy of the times we live in, while millions of people live in squalor while the rich live in the perfect oasis of power, an orgy of excess of riches and armed security, with society to do their bidding. In more ancestral societies, such rich people would be killed and burned alive for not sharing their opportunity and resources with those of the rest of the group and their societies.

One of the book was damaged slightly. But I understand that it might happened. The book about Trevor Noah is a total rip off. Only the first 2 pages talked about Trevor Noah then it'a the story of Colbert and The daily shown. It should not be sold as Trevor Noah: A Biography. It is very misleading and I thing the store should remove this book. if you really want a story about Trevor Noah don't buy this book.

his children either commited suicide or went insane, he cheated both his wives perpetually, loved young women, had a bunch of affairs. he encouraged the building of the atom bomb, although he regretted.

his idea about marriage is, man does whatever he wants and woman obeys him unquestionably. even if he would say otherwise in this book, that's what he did in real life. not only that, but whenever he asks her something, she must answer immediately without taking too long. and then he sayd that he is not really a family man, then why did he marry in the first place?

enough that he was a brillant man who put work above all else, but giving me lectures of what he failed in is too much. i gave him 5 stars in all but this book, this one gets 2, just because he is einstein. otherwise would have been 1.

i see this book as something to make up for his misdeeds. he wrote this book for himself.

i see ghandi or thoreau greater than he ever was. and i can make this comparison because what his book is about. i don't admire einstein as a human being, but as a scientist. you see, einstein's grand brain was fueled by a very small heart.

[Edited later]
Well, perhaps I've been to hasty in my words.

Einstein's grand brain and "grand heart" might and the world he was living in might be a reason for his errors. I shouldn't judge him too severely since I am not perfect myself (and even if I was, I should not).

He loved women he had a lot of affairs, but his greastest works came at a time when he married or divorced. He loved children all over the world, but his own children died young (and he has a part of the blame). He is a strange character.

I've always had an interest in learning more about Einstein. What I found surprised me. Especially, the difference from his first letters about the new America to his socialist stance much later. This book should help people realize that sometimes we make too much of people. While he certainly contributed to science be thankful that he never got his shot at social engineering. This is the kind of guy Ayn Rand would despise. After all what did Einstein actually do? Did he start a company? Did he employee people? I'd argue that the person who invented velcro did more for this world than Einstein. Sure there is a need for scientists and we should appreciate their contributions but we should also be careful not to accept the whole of them without closer scrutiny.