I’m almost finished with Walter Isaacson’s excellent biography Einstein: His Life and Universe.  It constructs a comprehensive profile of the man, his work, and his thought process.  What many readers will want to know is:  how did he manage to think so creatively?  What can I learn from the life and work of this sort of great man?  I share Plutarch’s consuming interest in wanting to know why great men do the things they do.

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