Library Journal Review: Starred Review. This biography of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) takes a cue from Isaacson's recent success, Benjamin Franklin, and is written for a general audience. Although the author appropriately makes Einstein's extraordinary scientific achievements the center of attention, he also covers his subject's complex and often painful familial relationships, his political interventions and comments, and his remarkable celebrity status (for a scientist) with the American public. Isaacson himself does not have a strong scientific background, but professional specialists in physics and mathematics assisted him effectively. This work, the first full biography of Einstein since all his papers have been made available, is well written and sensibly balanced in its treatment of the famed theoretical physicist, his family, and his friends. Certainly one of the best and most complete Einstein biographies thus far; strongly recommended for public and academic libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 12/06.]?Jack W. Weigel, Ann Arbor, MI Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.