Einstein on politics : his private thoughts and public stands on nationalism, Zionism, war, peace, and the bomb /

The most famous scientist of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein was also one of the century's most outspoken political activists. Deeply engaged with the events of his tumultuous times, from the two world wars and the Holocaust, to the atomic bomb and the Cold War, to the effort to establis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rowe, David E., 1950- (Editor ), Schulmann, Robert J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Political and social views.
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Ethics.
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Religion.
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Ethics.
Political and social views.
Religion.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Texts
  • Preface
  • Note on Sources and Method
  • Acknowledgments
  • Historical Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The First World War and Its Impact, 1914-1921
  • Chapter 2. Science Meets Politics: The Relativity Revolution, 1918-1923
  • Chapter 3. Anti-Semitism and Zionism, 1919-1930
  • Chapter 4. Internationalism and European Security, 1922-1932
  • Chapter 5. Articles of Faith, 1930-1933
  • Chapter 6. Hitler's Germany and the Threat to European Jewry, 1933-1938
  • Chapter 7. The Fate of the Jews, 1939-1949.
  • Chapter 8. The Second World War, Nuclear Weapons, and World Peace, 1939-1950
  • Chapter 9. Soviet Russia, Political Economy, and Socialism, 1918-1952
  • Chapter 10. Political Freedom and the Threat of Nuclear War, 1931-1955
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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