Please Mr Einstein

A young woman enters a building in a nameless contemporary European city. Shewalks into a waiting room where a dozen other people with briefcases orsheaves of d... » 

A young woman enters a building in a nameless contemporary European city. Shewalks into a waiting room where a dozen other people with briefcases orsheaves of documents are waiting patiently. Shortly afterwards she isrequested to go into another room where she meets Albert Einstein who isengaged in trying to figure out the equation that explains the universe. He ischarmed by her and agrees to answer her questions. He seems very used toreceiving visitors. Among them Isaac Newton is certainly the most regular andthe most argumentative desperately trying to prove Einstein wrong. Einsteinand the student discuss his theories as well as his responsability for thecreation of nuclear weapons. He also talks about his personal life thedifficulties of fame and how his dreams of worldwide peace were shattered. Heappears bright witty hugely sympathetic but also tormented and dreamy. Thisis a remarkable book that makes complex concepts of physics and philosophyaccessible to the nonscientific reader in a captivating and utterly charmingmanner. «