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Combining the thrilling narrative style and imagination of Dan Brown and James Rollins with the intellectual depth of Umberto Ecco and Matthew Pearl, José Rodrigues dos Santos dazzles with his remarkable thriller, The Einstein Enigma. The internationally bestselling author of Codex 632, dos Santos combines cryptology, international espionage, and a secret formula created by the most famous physicist of all time, Albert Einstein—and masterfully fuses science with religion in a breathtaking Da Vinci Code-like mix—in a novel guaranteed to get the heart and the mind both racing furiously.
- Sales Rank: #620290 in Books
- Published on: 2011-11-22
- Released on: 2011-11-22
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .79" w x 5.31" l, .79 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 496 pages
Review
“[A] love-and-treason-filled thriller” (New York Post)
From the Back Cover
Princeton, New Jersey, 1951: As a CIA operative watches from the shadows, two old men—Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion and world-renowned scientist Albert Einstein—enter Einstein’s home to speak privately about nuclear weapons and the existence of God.
Present Day Cairo, Egypt: Over lunch in the Muslim quarter, world-famous cryptanalyst Thomas Noronha is hired by a beautiful dark-haired woman, Ariana Pakravan, to decipher a cryptogram hidden in a recently discovered secret document under heavy security in Tehran. A manuscript penned by Albert Einstein, it is titled Die Gottesformel: The God Formula.
So begins a remarkable adventure that spans the world, as Thomas and Ariana pursue the dangerous truth behind an incredible document. The Einstein Enigma is a breathtaking fusion of science, thriller, and religion, a mind-bending trip to the source of time, the essence of the universe, and the meaning of life itself.
About the Author
José Rodrigues dos Santos is a professor at the New University of Lisbon and a journalist at RTP, the Portuguese public television station. He is the author of the international bestseller Codex 632. Born in Mozambique, he lives in Portugal.
José Rodrigues dos Santos nació en Mozambique en 1964. Es escritor y periodista y fue director de Información de RTP, la televisión pública de Portugal. Es también el autor de El códice 632.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
An Okay Read (Mostly), but Caveat Emptor
By Terry Sunday
I have to say that my opinion about José Rodrigues dos Santos' "The Einstein Enigma" rose and fell like a demented roller coaster as I made my way through its 485 pages. At first, I thought, "Well, this is okay, but nothing special." Further on, when the characters talk about fractal mathematics, quantum mechanics, relativity, chaos theory, Schrödinger's Cat, cosmology, etc., I thought, "Wow, this is great stuff!" My opinion waxed and waned as Portuguese cryptanalyst Thomás Noronha travels to Iran to decipher a mysterious document written by Albert Einstein shortly before the great physicists' death in 1955. Noronha gets thrown into an Iranian prison, escapes, travels to Tibet and then back to his home in Portugal, all the while desperately trying to break the code of what Einstein called "Die Gottesformel" ("The God Formula"). About two-thirds of the way through, I got bogged down in seemingly endless discussions of Buddhist, Hindu and Tao philosophies--interesting in a way, but not really my thing. Then, with more cosmology discussions, my opinion soared again. But unfortunately, near the end, it took a nosedive when I found myself thinking, "You MUST be kidding me!"
So what to say about this hard-to-characterize novel? Well, it's definitely filled with far more talk than action. I didn't really mind that, since I found the talk, at least when it involved science and not religion, very interesting. I personally enjoyed the many long dialogues about matter, energy and cosmology, although these parts may be tough going for readers not interested in those subjects. The characters are pretty well-developed, except for a few American CIA agents, who come across as flinty, profane, two-dimensional, lone-wolf, shoot-'em-up, hyper-patriot types. I find it intriguing to speculate that this is what many non-Americans (author dos Santos is Portuguese) really think about CIA agents--but that's another blog. The cryptological analyses that Noronha performs on Einstein's manuscript are fascinating, if not exceptionally deep, and there's a strong sense of revelation when the answer to the enigma finally emerges.
But not in the answer itself. My biggest disappointment with "The Einstein Enigma" comes from my feeling that the cover blurb, based on which I decided to read the book, is misleading. I won't reveal the ending, but I will alert readers by mentioning two cautionary code words: "intelligent design." This is not exactly the same "intelligent design" that the Evangelical Christian right-wing is trying to force into America's educational system, but it is "design" by an "intelligent" entity. If rational scientific thought and any form of ID can co-exist in your mind, then you may find "The Einstein Enigma" an enjoyable, thought-provoking read. But if your nature is purely rational (if you are a "freethinker," to use another code word), you should probably carefully consider whether you want to read a book that, toward the end, deals with a subject you'd normally steer well clear of. Thus my three-star rating, which is basically an average of my ratings for the science parts (five stars) and the religious parts (one star). Read it if you like, but be aware that it may not be what you expect...
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
The themes I like, the pace of a turtle.
By Patrick M
A code that might prove the existence of God. Einstein. Mystery, international intrigue, spies. Cosmology, quantum physics, and proofs for the existence and reality of God.
Wow!
Except, drag that wow out a bit. W---o----w, slowly, because that is the pace at which this book proceeds.
There is also a certain amount of chutzpah. Einstein's initial conversation with Ben Gurion contains a simplistic refutation of God, said by Einstein, and barely passable in a Philosophy 101 class. Later in the book, our lead character suffers a painful meeting with his parents, in order to learn his father has cancer. Three pages, to introduce a few key plot details.
A meeting with the CIA yields a painfully 7th grade level discussion of nuclear fission and fusion, with our PHD interpreter expressing ignorance of each basic fact. This is the pattern of the book, with one person after another lecturing in a condescending fashion, to other characters and to the reader.
The author also has a tick... when one of his characters makes an argument about the existence of God, he has the listender say "Incredible!" in a complimentary fashion. Well. This is a clever little writing trick, where the author presents the argument, and presents the correct response to the argument. Guess what? The reader gets to decide if an argument is awesome, incredible, earth-shattering. And, on the so-called proof for the existence of God, I say, ho-hum, a bit vague, stated in an unclear fashion, many veils and little substantial presentation.
I think that a plot with Einstein, God, and quantum physics... and a lead character very aware of feminine wiles -- should be a Wow. This one is at best mildly cool, in a slow, slow, slow way. Drop 90 pages and add some oomph to the dialogue and this would be a winner.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Interesting Premise Wrapped in Terrible Writing
By Burgmicester
I have to say, that this book is an enigma. The writing is poor and the dialogue is pathetic. The characterizations are awful. However, there is an interesting gem of a plotline running through the book. Additionally, the author is excellent at providing concise overviews of physical theories and quantum mechanics. I am not sure if the dialogue and the surrounding story telling are the fault of the author or the translator (translated from Portuguese), but this book just does not fulfill this reader's expectations of what could have been.
Jose Rodrigues Dos Santos is on the popular quest of discovering God and the Meaning of Life through Physics and Quantum Mechanics. This is the newest of the philosophical issues to be addressed through science over the last several decades and it makes for some interesting reading. However, this author and the translator have written the story using amateurish, unemotional and ridiculous characters, interchangeable, flat and utterly non-colloquial dialogue and then exhibited no reserve to their artistic license:
- Picking a lock to gain entrance into the Ministry of Science in Tehran?
- Secret Iranian agents spilling their complete stories to the captive to show how smart they were.
- Spanish document found and then not translated to the reader
- CIA using a history professor to enter Iran, steal a document, and escape again
- CIA director not using a secure a line to talk to his agent in the Iranian break-in.
- Absolutely no ability to write the spy agent part of the novel - no tails, losing people at will, etc.
I found that when the author was attempting to describe scientific theories (The Uncertainty Principle, Incompleteness Theorems, Chaos Theory, Cosmic Rhythm) or factor in religion, then the text picked up the pace and became very well written and held my attention. But the "story" part of the book was very poorly written and constructed. In this book the author is attempting to combine the works of Einstein and then show the relevance of quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Eastern and Western religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hebrew and Islam) to the meaning of life. It is a gigantic undertaking and he did a credible job of pulling off the scientific and philosophic concepts.
The premise is really very interesting, but the setting into which he attempted to place this information failed him.
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