Albert einstein, historical and cultural perspectives

Holton, Gerald.

Albert einstein, historical and cultural perspectives the centennial symposium in jerusalem/ [electronic resource] : Holton, Gerald;Elkana, Yehuda. - Princeton University Press, 2014. - 473 p.

Historical perspectives on einstein's scientific contributions. Chapter, Lesson, Part The special relativity theory: einstein's response to the physics of 1905. Chapter, Lesson, Part The quest for unity: general relativity and unitary field theories. Chapter, Lesson, Part Fluctuations and statistical physics in einstein's early work. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and quantum physics. Chapter, Lesson, Part Reception of einstein's scientific ideas. Chapter, Lesson, Part The early years of relativity. Chapter, Lesson, Part Some einstein anomalies. Chapter, Lesson, Part The reception of einstein's ideas: two examples from contrasting political cultures. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein's impact on scholarship and twentieth-century culture. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and the science of language. Chapter, Lesson, Part Psychoanalytic reflections on einstein's centenary. Chapter, Lesson, Part Relativity and relativism. Chapter, Lesson, Part The myth of simplicity. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and the light of reason. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and developments in the jewish world. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and israel. Chapter, Lesson, Part On einstein and the presidency of israel. Chapter, Lesson, Part Jewish and universal social ethics in the life and thought of Albert Einstein. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein's germany. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and the nuclear age. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and international security. Chapter, Lesson, Part Einstein and the politics of nuclear weapons. Chapter, Lesson, Part Working with einstein: reminiscences by associates and friends. Chapter, Lesson, Part Reminiscences by Peter G. Bergmann. Chapter, Lesson, Part Reminiscences by Banesh Hoffmann. Chapter, Lesson, Part Reminiscences by Nathan Rosen. Chapter, Lesson, Part Musical and personal reminiscences of Albert Einstein. Chapter, Lesson, Part Reminiscences by Ernst G. Straus. Chapter, Lesson, Part Index of names. Chapter, Lesson, Part Subject index. Chapter, Lesson, Part Cover, Title,Albert einstein, historical and cultural perspectives: the centennial symposium in jerusalem--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Gerald holton : introduction: einstein and the shaping of our imagination--

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