Jeffrey Orens
The Soul of Genius: Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the Meeting that Changed the Course of Science
Author Jeffrey Orens on his new book, The Soul of Genius: Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, and the Meeting that Changed the Course of Science, which looks at the meeting where Curie and Einstein met and began a friendship that would support each of them in their transformative scientific careers.
[Recorded September 02, 2021.]
Jeffrey Orens (LinkedIn, SimonandSchuster.com) is a former chemical engineer and business executive with Solvay Chemical who has written for several history publications and has an exceptional eye for overlooked gems in history.
In The Soul of Genius, Curie and Einstein come alive as the complex people they were. Utilizing never before seen correspondence and notes, Orens reveals the human side of these brilliant scientists, one who pushed boundaries and demanded equality in a man’s world, no matter the cost, and the other, who was destined to become synonymous with genius.
