“ The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, thus we drift towards unparalleled catastrophe” – Albert Einstein
Title: Final Theory
Author: Mark Alpert
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Title: The Einstein Girl
Author: Philip Sington
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Einheitliche Feldtheorie. The Unified Field Theory. The Theory of Everything.
Two books written around the same time about the greatest minds of the 20th century. There’s the unparalleled universe of books where words collided and create all kinds of theory of everything to me. Including Einstein’s last legacy.
Now, I am no physics buff, and certainly no fan of mathematics. I can’t solve an equation or perform any scientific experiment without suffering deep anxiety. But the story of Einstein has always captured my imagination. The man who escaped Nazis persecution to the new world, the man who sought to understand the miracles of the universe and in so doing might have uncovered findings that could someday lead to its annihilation
Final Theory speculated on the premise that Einstein did in fact succeeded in his quest for the Unified Field Theory while The Einstein Girl drew us into the mystery of Lieserl, the daughter, he left behind. Both compelling legacies of Einstein.
