Einstein was a very unique man that I thought was an Island unto himself. This book enlightened me. He had three very good lifelong friends, was social, attracted the opposite sex, even though he was married and had children....they didn't seem important to him. That he believed in a God that organized the world, I thought, was better than no belief in a god. That he tried to help Isreal even though he didn't follow his jewish faith. It was a facinating read. The author did an excellent job of keeping it moving. The subject of relitivity itself could have taken many boring twists and turns and put the reader to sleep easily...however this did not happen for me