Einstein in time and spaceHis face is one of the most recognisable in history. His name is shorthand for 'genius'. His fame is inextricable from his person. Today, he's a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress, of the human mind, even of the age. But who was Einstein really? Samuel Graydon tackles this giant of intellect by breaking Einstein's life down into 99 particles, through which he explores Einstein's agglomeration of

He built a cat sanctuary for Aleppo's helpless creatures

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do we rewild childhood

Alain de Botton

misunderstood progression through school

farce and wit

identity and self-worth

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Or why your eyes are back to front

a Dutch doctor and psychiatrist

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