THEME MUSIC
"Facade", Sir William Walton, 1921
Front-Page Physics
Starting in 1919, Einstein was famous, a celebrity, and an international phenomenon. A heavenly star had made him into a rock star! Front-page headlines often touted his achievements.
“FATE HAD PLAYED AN UNEXPECTED TRICK: The faintly deflected starlight had dazzled the public, and suddenly Einstein was famous. This essentially simple man, a cloistered seeker after cosmic beauty, was now a world symbol, a focus of widespread adoration — and of deep-rooted hatreds.
—Banesh Hoffman
(colleague, collaborator, friend, and biographer of Einstein)
Front-Page Physics
Starting in 1919, Einstein was a famous, a celebrity, and an international phenomenon. A heavenly star had made him into a rock star! Front-page headlines often touted his achievements.
“FATE HAD PLAYED AN UNEXPECTED TRICK: The faintly deflected starlight had dazzled the public, and suddenly Einstein was famous. This essentially simple man, a cloistered seeker after cosmic beauty, was now a world symbol, a focus of widespread adoration — and of deep-rooted hatreds.
—Banesh Hoffman
(colleague, collaborator, friend, and biographer of Einstein)