The overall tone is respectful, even reverential. For some, Einstein looms as an iconic figure, while others actually met Einstein during his later years at Princeton. Science writer George Johnson looks back at the books that introduced him to relativity. But not every contributor is a physicist, and not every piece relates directly to Einstein: historian George Dyson (son of physicist Freeman Dyson) was babysat by the great man's personal secretary, while New York Times Several of these scientists share their thoughts in an anthology edited by Brockman, a literary agent and editor of popularizing science books ( What We Believe but Cannot Prove Krauss, Albert Einstein provided the inspiration to pursue the study of theoretical physics. For "generations of ambitious young Jewish kids like me," observes Lawrence M.
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