Daniel Brook
The Einstein of Sex
Daniel Brook is an acclaimed author and urbanist who explores the intersections of history, culture, and society.
His latest work, The Einstein of Sex, is a gripping biography of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld – a visionary who challenged the binaries of gender and sexuality over a century ago. From Weimar Berlin’s cabaret culture to the fight against fascism and Nazi race science, Hirschfeld’s story is as bold and boundary-breaking as ever.
This is a timely and essential look at one of history’s most overlooked pioneers in the fight for LGBTQ+ acceptance and racial equality.
Daniel has built a reputation for using the stories of cities, institutions, and individuals to explore deeper economic and political questions. His writing has graced the pages of Harper’s, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine, with reporting that spans five continents.
A revelatory biography of perhaps our most important unsung queer hero. Over a century ago, Magnus Hirschfeld introduced the Western world to the heretical idea that humans navigate spectrums of sexuality, gender, and even race, and that this complexity is deeply healthy for our development as humans.
John Cameron Mitchell, Tony award-winning director
Finally, a fitting tribute to the Godfather of Sexology, Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld! Sweeping in scope and immensely readable, featuring a veritable tour de shvants and cabaret of scene-work, The Einstein of Sex paints the sexuality of the great man back into his body of expertise. The queer world applauds such a triumph.
Robert W. Fieseler, author of American Scare and Tinderbox
