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Einstein's Creativity

Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson delves into the source of Einstein’s creativity.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

03.14.2017
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Aspen Ideas to Go Podcast: Einstein's Creativity

On the 100th anniversary of the Theory of Relativity, Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson talks Albert Einstein's creativity: Where did it come from, how was it reflected in his life, and what can we learn from it?

BY Tricia Johnson, Guest Blogger

Podcast

11.20.2015
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Listen Longer 11/7: Scientific Discovery

This past week Aspen Institute Radio focused on scientific discovery, including conversations on Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the God Particle, and the future of scientific literacy.

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Blog Post

11.09.2015
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The Light-Beam Rider

Einstein relished what he called Gedankenexperimente, ideas that he twirled around in his head rather than in a lab. That’s what teachers call daydreaming, but if you’re Einstein you get to call them Gedankenexperimente.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

10.30.2015
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What Could Be Lost as Einstein’s Papers Go Online

Einstein relished what he called Gedankenexperimente, ideas that he twirled around in his head rather than in a lab. That’s what teachers call daydreaming, but if you’re Einstein you get to call them Gedankenexperimente.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

12.14.2014
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American Sketches

Walter Isaacson discussed his book "American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers and Heroes of a Hurricane" on C-SPAN's Book TV in December 2009.

BY Walter Isaacson

Video

12.31.2009
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How Einstein Divided America's Jews

In 1921, Albert Einstein’s first trip to America triggered the kind of mass hysteria that would greet the Beatles four decades later. But as newly published documents show, it also tore a sharp rift between European Zionists and some of their fellow Jews across the Atlantic, men like Louis D. Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter, who felt that the best way for Jews to get ahead was to assimilate, not agitate for a Jewish homeland.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

12.01.2009
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Albert Einstein in America, 1921

Einstein had initially thought that his first visit to America might be a way to make some money in a stable currency in order to provide for his family in Switzerland.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

07.01.2009
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Einstein's Final Quest

Was tenacity - grit - one of the characteristic features of Einstein’s genius? Yes. He had been blessed with that trait since youth.

BY Walter Isaacson

Of Interest

03.01.2009