A conversation about Albert Einstein

with Walter Isaacson
in Science & Health, History, Books
on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 * * * * *

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Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of The Aspen Institute, discusses his biography of physicist Albert Einstein.

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    1. jamesrebel  07/26/2010 10:09 AM Report

      It would be nice to see the interview. Einstein was the giant of giants, ever.

      Unfortunately, when you click "play" on the website, all you get is "buffering." The computer just spins and spins. Apparently, the web site will not play the interview!

      The computer is OK, other episodes of the program play just fine.

      James Henry

    2. Gina  07/27/2008 05:54 AM Report

      Fascinating interview. What is interesting about Albert Einstein and the atom bomb though is that it was Einstein who actually took up the cause of Lee Szilard, his former student who came to him to ask him to speak to FDR to get the bomb made because it was Lee Szilard and his fellow Scientist who figured out the way to split the atom with uranium. Szilard learned that Germany was working on the bomb at the same time and feared the Germans would be first to make the bomb and so he went to Einstein to write that letter to FDR. Einstein also was friends with the Queen of Belgium in which Belgium was exporting uranium to Germany which is how the concern for the race to build the bomb began. Hence FDR ended up considering the letter Einstein wrote to him warning him of the dangers and the Manhattan Project was initiated with Oppenheimer as its head. Einstein did not publicly work or participate in the Manhattan project because of his Jewish descent. Ironically after World War II ended, they found the papers of work that showed that Germany was not even close to being able to construct the bomb. Indeed Einstein did regret terribly after the big boy bomb was dropped by Truman that its destruction had forever changed the world. Einstein is one of my favorite figures in history. I enjoyed the interview.

    3. Ben  07/07/2008 02:18 PM Report

      Walter Isaacson is a truly fascinating man. Keep up the good work Mr. Isaacson! (and Charlie for that matter!).

    4. Carlos Rodriguez  03/29/2008 01:32 AM Report

      Albert Einstein was great in science and we thankfull for that.The only thing I don't understand that is more knowlege that we can learn and develop.For myself I can control the weather in the world and the Sun.Try me and I will show you.

    5. Bernard E. Helinski  08/28/2007 06:58 PM Report

      re: Einstein's baby Sure would like to know whatever happened to the daughter he fathered. Has there ever been some sort of closure about the child ? And a discussion about his wife ,a fellow scientist who really helped develop his "take only credit for theory/theories " would be interesting- both pros and cons.

    6. john corallils  04/26/2007 07:04 PM Report

      The most facinating topic of Einstein's concerns is the unknowable unified field theory. Since it is all theory, anyway, wouldn't it be nice to hear everyone's (as many as possible) ideas on it, since having a theory on the UFT would be to much too ask.