Albert Einstein Speaking

Princeton. New Jersey. 14th March 1954 'Albert Einstein speaking.' 'Who?' asks the girl on the telephone. 'I'm sorry,' she says. 'I have the wrong number.' 'You have the right number,' Albert says. From a wrong number to a friendship that would impact both their lives, Albert Einstein Speaking begins with two unlikely friends - the world's most respected scientist and a schoolgirl from New Jersey. From their first conversation Mimi Beaufort had a profound effect on Einstein and brought him, in his final years, back to life. In turn he let her into his world. Albert Einstein Speaking is the story of an incredible friendship, and of a remarkable life. The son of an electrician in nineteenth-century Germany, Albert Einstein went on to become one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists and the most famous face in the world. This riotous, charming and moving novel spans almost a century of European history and shines a light on the real man behind the myth. From a wrong number to a friendship that would impact both their lives, this begins with two unlikely friends - the world's most respected scientist and a schoolgirl from New Jersey. From their first conversation Mimi Beaufort had a profound effect on Einstein and brought him, in his final years, back to life. In turn he let her into his world. This riotous, charming and moving novel spans almost a century of European history and shines a light on the real man behind the myth From a wrong number to a friendship that would impact both their lives, 'Albert Einstein Speaking' begins with two unlikely friends - the world's most respected scientist and a schoolgirl from New Jersey. From their first conversation Mimi Beaufort had a profound effect on Einstein and brought him, in his final years, back to life. In turn he let her into his world. This is the story of an incredible friendship, and of a remarkable life In 1954 is een zeventienjarig meisje verkeerd verbonden en krijgt zij tot haar verbazing Albert Einstein aan de lijn, uitgerekend op zijn 75e verjaardag, die haar vervolgens zijn levensverhaal vertelt. NL-ZmNBD This unique, funny, warm and moving novel spans an entire lifetime, and tells the story of the most famous man of the twentieth century: Albert Einstein The story of the world's most famous scientist as you've never read it before. 'A literary gem' Ian McEwan