In Einstein in Love, Dennis Overbye has written the first profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on his early adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It reveals Einstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger, self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismatic genius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake. Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade of research, Einstein in Love is a penetrating portrait of the modern era's most influential thinker.

Prologue: The Sacred and the Profane

Part One. Runaways 1. On the Road 2. Coffeehouse Wars 3. The Rose of Hungary 4. The Cheshire's Grin 5. Family Values

Part Two. Relative Motions 6. The White World 7. Irreversible Acts 8. The Boys of Physics 9. The Seacoast of Bohemia 10. Six Weeks in May

Part Three. The Revolutionary at Home 11. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 12. Quantum Doubts 13. In the Company of Microbes 14. The Man Who Abhorred Baths 15. The Witches' Sabbath

Part Four. Gravity's Rainbow 16. The Joy of Falling 17. King of the Hill 18. The Last Waltz 19. The Landscape of Bad Dreams 20. The November Revolution 21. Quantum Times

Part Five. Master of the Universe 22. Mach's Revenge, or, The War of the World Matter 23. The Belly of the Beast 24. The Last Scoundrel 25. The Melted World Epilogue Notes Bibliography