Einstein
Age 12+
Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels
Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the theory of relativity. He is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Einstein is the third in Maier and Simon’s collection of graphic novels exploring the lives of the most controversial and outspoken figures in modern history.
Creators
Anne Simon was born in 1980 in France. She studies in the Beaux-Arts in Angoulême, and then in the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, one of the most prestigious art schools in France. In 2004, she received the "New Talent" prize at the Angoulême festival, and she released her first comic book Persephone in the Underworld in 2006.
Corinne Maier was born in 1963 in Geneva. As a writer, economist, historian and psychoanalyst, she has produced around 15 non-fiction books on subjects like psychoanalysis, society, history and humor. Her books are bestsellers in her native France and some (such as Hello Laziness) have been translated into several
languages.
Reviews
… this is an equally fascinating and humanising account of Albert Einstein’s colourful life and awe-inspiring mind.
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