Albert Einstein Elsa to join him as his special guests. Walter Isaacson, Einstein's biographer, described this as "one of the most memorable scenes in the new era of celebrity". Chaplin visited Einstein at his home on a later trip to Berlin, and recalled his "modest little flat" and the piano at which he had begun writing his theory. Chaplin speculated that it was "possibly used as kindling wood by the Nazis." In February 1933 while on a visit to the United States, Einstein knew he could not return to Germany with the rise to power of the Nazis under Germany's new chancellor,
Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel is a book by Banesh Hoffmann with the collaboration of Helen Dukas. The book is a biography of Albert Einstein, including both his personal and academic life with references to specific events and people. The book also presents Einstein's photographs from his archives. The work was published in 1972 by Viking Press, , held in 1175 WorldCat libraries. It was reviewed by many general newspapers and magazines, including "The New York Times" and the "Los Angeles Times". It was also reviewed in academic periodicals, including "ISIS" It was translated into