| Preface | |||
| Acknowledgments | |||
| Main Characters | |||
| 1 | The Light-Beam Rider | 光束骑士 | |
| 2 | Childhood | 1879–1896 | 童年 |
| 3 | The Zurich Polytechnic | 1896–1900 | 苏黎世联邦工学院 |
| 4 | The Lovers | 1900–1904 | 恋人 |
| 5 | The Miracle Year: Quanta and Molecules | 1905 | 奇迹年：量子和分子 |
| 6 | Special Relativity | 1905 | 狭义相对论 |
| 7 | The Happiest Thought | 1906–1909 | 最幸福的思想 |
| 8 | The Wandering Professor | 1909–1914 | 奔波的教授 |
| 9 | General Relativity | 1911–1915 | 广义相对论 |
| 10 | Divorce | 1916–1919 | 离婚 |
| 11 | Einstein’s Universe | 1916–1919 | 爱因斯坦的宇宙 |
| 12 | Fame | 1919 | 名声 |
| 13 | The Wandering Zionist | 1920–1921 | 四处奔走的犹太复国主义者 |
| 14 | Nobel Laureate | 1921–1927 | 诺贝尔奖获得者 |
| 15 | Unified Field Theories | 1923–1931 | 统一场论 |
| 16 | Turning Fifty | 1929–1931 | 知命之年 |
| 17 | Einstein’s God | 因斯坦的上帝 | |
| 18 | The Refugee | 1932–1933 | 流亡者 |
| 19 | America | 1933–1939 | 美国 |
| 20 | Quantum Entanglement | 1935 | 量子纠缠 |
| 21 | The Bomb | 1939–1945 | 原子弹 |
| 22 | One-Worlder | 1945–1948 | 世界公民 |
| 23 | Landmark | 1948–1953 | 里程碑 |
| 24 | Red Scare | 1951–1954 | 红色恐惧 |
| 25 | The End | 1955 | 最后的时光 |
| EPILOGUE | Einstein’s Brain and Einstein’s Mind | 爱因斯坦的大脑和心灵 | |
| Sources | |||
| Notes | |||
| Index |