Einstein: His Life and Universe © 2007 by Walter Isaacso (675 pages)

"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement."
Lord William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907) in his address to physicists at the British Association for the advancement of Science in 1900

One thing's for sure: the Person of the Century wasn't paying attention to Lord Kelvin;)

What struck me most in this in-depth and interesting account of the life of Albert Einstein was his relentless passion to understand Nature; he was still scribbling equations on his deathbed in his quest for a unified field theory.

Like any of us, Einstein had his fair share of career, family, marital and parental woes. But unlike most of us, he was able to maintain his passion when things are not going smoothly; he strongly believed in what he was doing.

"One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community." - Albert Einstein