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Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives : The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem / ed. by Gerald Holton, Yehuda Elkana.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 645Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: 1982Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (474 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400855438
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.0924
LOC classification:
  • QC16.E5 ǂb J48 1979eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Einstein and the Shaping of Our Imagination -- Historical Perspectives on Einstein's Scientific Contributions -- The Special Relativity Theory: Einstein's Response to the Physics of 1905 -- The Quest for Unity: General Relativity and Unitary Field Theories -- Fluctuations and Statistical Physics in Einstein's Early Work -- Einstein and Quantum Physics -- Reception of Einstein's Scientific Ideas -- The Early Years of Relativity -- Some Einstein Anomalies -- The Reception of Einstein's Ideas: Two Examples from Contrasting Political Cultures -- Einstein's Impact on Scholarship and Twentieth-Century Culture -- Einstein and the Science of Language -- Psychoanalytic Reflections on Einstein's Centenary -- Relativity and Relativism -- The Myth of Simplicity -- Einstein and the Light of Reason -- Einstein and Developments in the Jewish World -- Einstein and Israel -- On Einstein and the Presidency of Israel -- Jewish and Universal Social Ethics in the Life and Thought of Albert Einstein -- Einstein's Germany -- Einstein and the Nuclear Age -- Einstein and International Security -- Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons -- Working with Einstein: Reminiscences by Associates and Friends -- Reminiscences -- Reminiscences -- Reminiscences -- Musical and Personal Reminiscences of Albert Einstein -- Reminiscences -- Index of Names -- Subject Index -- Backmatter
Summary: Based on papers presented at the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium in March 1979, this volume sets forth an articulated sequence of chapters on the impact of Einstein's work, not only in science but in humanistic studies and problems such as international security in the nuclear age.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Einstein and the Shaping of Our Imagination -- Historical Perspectives on Einstein's Scientific Contributions -- The Special Relativity Theory: Einstein's Response to the Physics of 1905 -- The Quest for Unity: General Relativity and Unitary Field Theories -- Fluctuations and Statistical Physics in Einstein's Early Work -- Einstein and Quantum Physics -- Reception of Einstein's Scientific Ideas -- The Early Years of Relativity -- Some Einstein Anomalies -- The Reception of Einstein's Ideas: Two Examples from Contrasting Political Cultures -- Einstein's Impact on Scholarship and Twentieth-Century Culture -- Einstein and the Science of Language -- Psychoanalytic Reflections on Einstein's Centenary -- Relativity and Relativism -- The Myth of Simplicity -- Einstein and the Light of Reason -- Einstein and Developments in the Jewish World -- Einstein and Israel -- On Einstein and the Presidency of Israel -- Jewish and Universal Social Ethics in the Life and Thought of Albert Einstein -- Einstein's Germany -- Einstein and the Nuclear Age -- Einstein and International Security -- Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons -- Working with Einstein: Reminiscences by Associates and Friends -- Reminiscences -- Reminiscences -- Reminiscences -- Musical and Personal Reminiscences of Albert Einstein -- Reminiscences -- Index of Names -- Subject Index -- Backmatter

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Based on papers presented at the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium in March 1979, this volume sets forth an articulated sequence of chapters on the impact of Einstein's work, not only in science but in humanistic studies and problems such as international security in the nuclear age.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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