Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691120943 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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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 establish a Jewish homeland, Einstein was a remarkably prolific political writer, someone who took courageous and often unpopular stands against nationalism, militarism, anti-Semitism, racism, and McCarthyism. But the book also documents how Einstein tried to explain this action to Japanese pacifists after the United States used atomic weapons to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki, events that spurred Einstein to call for international control of nuclear technology.A vivid firsthand view of how one of the twentieth century's greatest minds responded to the greatest political challenges of his day, Einstein on Politics will forever change our picture of Einstein's public activism and private motivations.. In Einstein on Politics, leading Einstein scholars David Rowe and Robert Schulmann gather Einstein's most important public
Five Stars Charlotte T. Hale Smith Excellent--. "Good reading" according to kingCampbell00Good reading Not everything Einstein had on politics but for a small paperback not bad. Overall I dug this little book. If you haven't read it, get it. . Not everything Einstein had on politics but for a small paperback not bad. Overall I dug this little book. If you haven't read it, get it
Donna SeamanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. To enhance understanding of Einstein's humanism and activism, Rowe and Schulmann have organized and explicated a full spectrum of his reflections, allowing the reader direct access to his reasoning as he confronts a world of violence rendered exponentially more catastrophic due to his own scientific breakthroughs. But as the editors of this unprecedented and invaluable collection observe, such excerpts only hint at the depth of Einstein's commitment to humankind. His political and moral writin