Download or read book Einstein's Violin written by Joseph Eger and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 2005 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eger's life is a social and artistic tour through music and science of the twentieth century. In Einstein's Violin, readers encounter portraits of figures including Leonard Bernstein, David Bohm, Albert Einstein, Queen Noor al Hussein, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Eger also probes the origins of ancient music in the hands of the Hebrews. Egyptians, Hindus, ancient Chinese, and the schools of Pythagoras to plumb the sources of this socially and physically unifying language of the universe."--BOOK JACKET.