Friday Nov 13th, 2026, 7-9 pm
In his new novel, Einstein’s Secret, science historian Jeffrey Crelinsten, author of Einstein’s Jury, takes you on a decades-long roller coaster ride as Albert Einstein emerges from obscurity to become the greatest theoretical physicist of the 20th century. As he slowly realizes his dream, external events in Europe and America sweep him into the public spotlight. Will his dream become a nightmare, or will he and his family survive the onslaught?
Jeffrey Crelinsten bio
Jeffrey is CEO of The Impact Group, a consulting firm that specializes in science and technology policy and communications. He’s also Publisher and CEO at Research Money, an online publication covering science, technology and innovation policy and investment in Canada (www.researchmoneyinc.com).
Jeffrey has a B.Sc. in physics (McGill), an M.Sc. in astronomy (Toronto), and a Ph.D. (Montreal) in the history of science and science policy. After receiving his astronomy master’s in 1971, he taught for six years at Concordia University in a multi-disciplinary undergraduate program called Science and Human Affairs. He quit teaching to do his Ph.D., specializing in the history of physics. His dissertation was on the reception of Einstein’s general theory of relativity among astronomers.
In 1978 he wrote a two-hour radio biography of Albert Einstein for CBC Radio and an animated film on relativity for the National Film Board in celebration of the centenary of Einstein’s birth in 1979.
In 2006, his book “Einstein’s Jury: The Race to Test Relativity” was published by Princeton University Press
Ever since then, he’s been working in his spare time on a novel about Einstein and his rise to fame, dedicated to his wife, Paula, who loves historical novels.
In 2021, Jeffrey and Paula, moved to Meaford. With over 100,000 words of his novel written, Jeffrey wants to share some of his writing with Meafordians to get their feedback and questions.
Thanks to Viz and Mikael at the Gum Gallery for the opportunity.
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