Nobel Century Legends -- Einstein

Author: Liu Mingjiu / Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2004-03-01
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2001 was the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Nobel Prize. The hundreds of Nobel laureates from the last century undoubtedly represent a generation of brilliant and talented individuals. Motivated by noble life goals, they achieved their glorious achievements and remarkable lives through perseverance, determination, high creativity, and relentless hard work. Their legacies will serve as a great inspiration to humanity in the 21st century, and especially to young students who are diligently learning and seeking knowledge on their life journey. The power of role models is infinite. In the climb of life, learning from the best is an undeniable truth. Changchun Publishing House seized the opportunity of the Nobel Prize's centennial celebration to launch a series titled "Nobel Prize Century Legends: Student Editions," aiming to showcase the (giant-like) lives of several Nobel laureates through the scale of the series. It highlights their glory and greatness as superhuman figures, as well as their complexities and contradictions as ordinary people. This clearly holds multiple positive significances for our era, society, and the education of young students. This book, undoubtedly, is a beneficial contribution to the younger generation. It is one of the "Nobel Prize Century Legends: Student Editions," profoundly revealing the growth process, success experiences, and significant contributions of this outstanding individual—Albert Einstein. His far-reaching ideals of exploring beauty and truth, his relentless self-improvement, and his courage to sacrifice for the advancement of human civilization demonstrate noble character and creative spirit. These qualities hold universal inspirational and educational value for Chinese youth and will motivate more people to aspire to achieve the brilliant gem of the Nobel Prize. The first batch of this series includes 14 titles, divided into three sub-series: Peace Prize laureates, Science Prize laureates, and Literature Prize laureates, with a larger proportion dedicated to Science Prize winners. It features beloved Nobel laureates such as Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Tsung-Dao Lee, Chen Ning Yang, Chao Chung Ting, Niels Bohr, and Werner Heisenberg, among others. The author presents these remarkable figures' stories of diligent study, relentless struggle, and the shaping of successful lives in an accessible and lively manner. This series has garnered attention and support from several renowned educators and principals of famous middle schools in China. "Youth friends can learn from the footsteps of these giants how to properly handle success and failure, joy and pain, smoothness and hardship. They will understand how to approach life, design themselves correctly, shape their identities, and seize the future."