Walter Isaacson: 2008 National Book Festival
Description
Journalist and author Walter Isaacson discusses what made Albert Einstein unique; reveals the lesson that he always includes in his biographies; and explains how the Aspen Institute is helping to create a middle-class in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories.
Biography
Walter Isaacson is a successful journalist and biographer. He has been chairman and CEO of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine. He currently is president and CEO of the Aspen Institute. Isaacson is the author of “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life” and “Kissinger: A Biography” as well as co-author of “Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.” His latest book is “Einstein: His Life and Universe” (Simon & Schuster, 2008). He will appear in the History & Biography pavilion.
United States
