Einstein's Mistakes

"In "Lo!", Fort commented that Einstein 'has shown with his palsies the
insecurities of that in science which has been worshipfully regarded as
the Most High.'..."Nevertheless, the lay press lauded Einstein. After
the horrors of the Great War, his theories had, in a wonderful phrase
from Ohanian, 'a whiff of esoteric mysteries and gave the reading public
some pleasant frisson without demanding any real mental effort.'
Einstein's lecture tours and the 'propaganda and advertising campaigns'
by publishers created a celebrity that still casts a shadow over others'
work.... By the end of Ohanian's compelling book, we're familiar with
Einstein's intellectual products, flaws and all. But we don't know how
Einstein attained his theoretical insights and why he seemed so blind to
his errors. Einstein had, Ohanian claims, 'an inclination to mysticism'.
He formulated his ground-breaking theories by the 'habit of grubeln, or
protracted, agonized brooding.'" - Mark Greener "Agonized Brooding" Book
review of Ohanian's Einstein's Mistakes.