Einstein: A Life Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Childhood and Youth	1
2	First Romance	9
3	To Zurich and the Polytechnic	15
4	Marriage Plans	25
5	Seeking a Position	30
6	The Schoolteacher	35
7	Expectant Father	39
8	Private Lessons	44
9	The Patent Office	51
10	The Olympia Academy	54
11	The Special Theory of Relativity	60
12	"The Happiest Thought of My Life"	69
13	To Prague and Back	79
14	The War to End All Wars	89
15	In the Spotlight	100
16	Danger Signals	107
17	Einstein Discovers America	118
18	The Nobel Prize	137
19	The Uncertainty Principle	155
20	The Perfect Patient	165
21	The Unified Field Theory	173
22	On the International Lecture Circuit	191
23	Einstein in California	208
24	Weighing Options	225
25	Einstein the Refugee	241
26	A New Life in Princeton	256
27	Settling In	274
28	Family Matters	285
29	Politics at Home and Abroad	299
30	World War II and the Threat of Fission	311
31	The Race for the Bomb	326
32	Einstein Goes to War	336
33	The Atomic Bomb	342
34	Toward a Jewish State	347
35	The Birth of Israel	358
36	The FBI Targets Einstein	374
37	The Communist Witch-Hunt	382
38	Conversations and Controversies	393
39	Einstein's Mercy Plea for the Rosenbergs	404
40	The Oppenheimer Affair	415
41	The Last Interview	421
42	Einstein's Legacy	430
	Appendix: Einstein's Brain	437
	Notes	441
	Bibliography	481
	Index	491