Rescuing Benjamin Franklin from the clich of genial codger, this book celebrates the most interesting, advanced, and earthy of the founding fathers. 16-page four-color insert. von Isaacson, Walter

'Isaacson's scholarship is impressive-he cites not only primary sources but secondary materials by art critics, essayists, and da Vinci's other biographers. This is a monumental tribute to a titanic figure.' - Publisher's Weekly 'To read...

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most important, it is a powerful story of an...

#1 New York Times non-fiction bestseller #2 Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story. Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from...

The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made von Isaacson, Walter

This sweeping narrative chronicles the adventures of the spunky runaway apprentice who became, during his 84-year life, America's best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its...

A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna...

"Einstein: His Life and Universe" von Walter Isaacson ist eine umfassende Biographie des berühmten Physikers Albert Einstein. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte seines Lebens, von seiner Geburt in Deutschland, über seine Ausbildung und...

"Einstein: Genie und Popstar" von Walter Isaacson ist eine umfassende Biographie, die das Leben und Werk des berühmten Physikers Albert Einstein beleuchtet. Das Buch beschreibt Einsteins revolutionäre wissenschaftliche Entdeckungen,...

"Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an...

From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive biography of Apple's Steve Jobs, written with his full cooperation.Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted...

Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued. Drawing on extensive interviews with Kissinger as well as 150 other sources, this first-length biography makes use of many of...