Border's is pathetic. there was one copy of Einstein's Ideas & Opinions, which i bought, and a thousand copies of Harry Porter and the Half Blooded Prince, piled up like a wall in the middle of everything.
anyways, after i bought the einstein, i was reminded of a friend telling me that Chupack's (producer of Sex and the City)The Between Boyfriends Book has a tag line on the back cover, saying "To be read in public, so men will know you're available." i was thinking, this einstein book probably is "to be read in public" too, "so men won't care to know if you're available."
read an essay on the jews, he said,
"In any case it is a nationalism whose aim is not power but dignity and health. If we did not have to live among intolerant, narrow-minded, and violent people, I should be the first to throw over all nationalism in favor of universal humanity."
in all such essays, surprisingly there is not excessive bitterness. instead of hatred, it is hope for the well-being of the entire humanity that he speaks of. from this point of view, although both peoples of great sufferings, the jews seem more open-minded and nobler than the chinese. and maybe that's the reason why the jews are so successful even though the trauma they've been through is much dealier than that we have.
but saw a bad review on amazon :see the one on ideas and opinions. you see, einstein's grand brain was fueled by a very small heart. is this a little too mean? or that this reviewer is a attention seeking poser. hm.
which i shall read to find out.
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i actually agree with that reviewer..i read a biography of einstein, stories little known during his highly respected living days, and i can tell you, he didn't look great after that book(the facts are from reliable sources, not an groundless attempt to sully his name). apart from his infidelity and all that stuff, what made my respect for him plummet was that apparently a large (and important) part of the mathmatical work he claimed credit for (including those that backed his relativity theory, if i recall right) were done by his wife, and he never ever acknowledged that in any form all his life. i wonder if the man could have done it himself. plagiarism, especially plagiarism of scientific work, is something i really really despise. and combined with infidelity? i don't know what to say..
oh, that bad!? i haven't read any of his biographies, but have heard a little bit about that. males of that time, bound to have flaws here and there and be proud of it. i would however, read the book for the merit of the thoughts, who ever they belong to, as a general progress in human civilisation. hm
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