Two more brilliant releases from Brian Clegg and Ammonite Press detail the lives of two truly great minds, Albert Einstein and Nikolai Tesla

"Einstein" is the first of the titles we're looking at today, presenting an entirely new way of looking at the life of this amazing scientist and mathematician. 

Many people know that Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) was a brilliant theoretical physicist, the winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics and creator of the theory of relativity that revolutionised modern science. 

What, perhaps, they don t know is that he did not learn to speak until he was 4 years old; that was asked to become the President of Israel in 1952, but refused; that he was under surveillance by the FBI for 22 years; and that after urging the development of the atomic bomb he later became a proponent of nuclear disarmament. 

Biographic: Einstein presents an instant impression of his life, work and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the scientist behind the science.

"Biographic Einstein" by Brian Clegg is out now, published by Ammonite Press. 

Many people know that Nikola Tesla (1856 1943) was an engineer and inventor, instrumental in developing the alternating-current (AC) electrical system and wireless radio communications we still use today. 

What, perhaps, they don t know is that he was born during a lightning storm; that when he first arrived in the USA he owned 4 cents, his own poems, and a design for a flying machine; that he spoke 8 languages; that he held 300 patents for his inventions; and that he claimed to have invented a death ray that could destroy 10,000 planes at a distance of 250 miles. 

"Biographic: Tesla" presents an electrifying exploration of his life, work and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the scientist behind the science.

Truly brilliant stuff. 

"Biographic Tesla" by Brian Clegg is out now, published by Ammonite Press (both titles kindly supplied for review).