Einstein·Picasso (Space, Time, and the Beauty that Moves the Heart)

Author: (British) Miller (Miller, A.I.) Author, Fang Zaqing, Wu Meihong Translated
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This fascinating parallel biography of Einstein and Picasso focuses on their greatest achievements as young men: Einstein's theory of special relativity and Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon," a work that brought art into the 20th century. When Einstein and Picasso made these astonishing breakthroughs, they were only in their early twenties, unknown but full of energy, penniless yet destined for trouble. In this book, the true story of how these two young geniuses lived and worked comes to life. Photography, film, and the cutting-edge disciplines of the time, as well as the influence of the philosopher and scientist Henri Poincaré, are reflected in "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon." Einstein didn't fit in with his university professors, and no one recommended him for a university position. The two most original minds of the 20th century, under remarkably similar circumstances, experienced their greatest creative periods. Einstein represented space and time with relativity, while Picasso did so with cubism. In a significant sense, they were actually solving the same problem.