Born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed salesman) and his wife Pauline in Ulm, Germany. Settles into a program of self-education at age 10 and begins reading as much about science as he can.

Einstein loved life — and women. Letters that are now being auctioned at Christie's bear witness to this.Throughout his life, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a pop star of science. He had his ...