Einstein on politics Rowe, David E; Schulmann, Robert
2013., 20131110, 2013, 2007, 2007-01-01
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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 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. InEinstein on Politics, leading Einstein scholars David Rowe and Robert Schulmann gather Einstein's most important public and private political writings and put them into historical context. The book reveals a little-known Einstein--not the ineffectual and naïve idealist of popular imagination, but a principled, shrewd pragmatist whose stands on political issues reflected the depth of his humanity.
Nothing encapsulates Einstein's profound involvement in twentieth-century politics like the atomic bomb. Here we read the former militant pacifist's 1939 letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning that Germany might try to develop an atomic bomb. 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 Politicswill forever change our picture of Einstein's public activism and private motivations.
A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in Prague In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a ...professor of theoretical physics. Though he intended to make Prague his home, he lived there for just sixteen months, an interlude that his biographies typically dismiss as a brief and inconsequential episode. Einstein in Bohemia is a spellbinding portrait of the city that touched Einstein's life in unexpected ways—and of the gifted young scientist who left his mark on the science, literature, and politics of Prague.Michael Gordin's narrative is a masterfully crafted account of a person encountering a particular place at a specific moment in time. Despite being heir to almost a millennium of history, Einstein's Prague was a relatively marginal city within the sprawling Austro-Hungarian Empire. Yet Prague, its history, and its multifaceted culture changed the trajectories of Einstein's personal and scientific life. It was here that his marriage unraveled, where he first began thinking seriously about his Jewish identity, and where he embarked on the project of general relativity. Prague was also where he formed lasting friendships with novelist Max Brod, Zionist intellectual Hugo Bergmann, physicist Philipp Frank, and other important figures. Einstein in Bohemia sheds light on this transformative period of Einstein's life and career, and brings vividly to life a beguiling city in the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Here is the definitive new edition of the hugely popular collection of Einstein quotations that has sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide and been translated into twenty-five languages.
On April 6, 1922, in Paris, Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson publicly debated the nature of time. Einstein considered Bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with ...the quantitative realities of physics. Bergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized Einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of time.The Physicist and the Philosophertells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists today.
Jimena Canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of Einstein and Bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in Paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth century. She shows how it provoked responses from figures such as Bertrand Russell and Martin Heidegger, and carried repercussions for American pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanics. Canales explains how the new technologies of the period-such as wristwatches, radio, and film-helped to shape people's conceptions of time and further polarized the public debate. She also discusses how Bergson and Einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival's legacy-Bergson during the Nazi occupation of Paris and Einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosion.
The Physicist and the Philosopheris a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of time.
Was Einstein a Zionist? Albert Einstein was initially skeptical and even disdainful of the Zionist movement, yet he affiliated himself with this controversial political ideology and today is widely ...seen as an outspoken advocate for a modern Jewish homeland in Palestine. What enticed this renowned scientist and humanitarian, who repeatedly condemned nationalism of all forms, to radically change his views? Was he in fact a Zionist? Einstein Before Israel traces Einstein's involvement with Zionism from his initial contacts with the movement at the end of World War I to his emigration from Germany in 1933 in the wake of Hitler's rise to power. Drawing on a wealth of rare archival evidence—much of it never before published—this book offers the most nuanced picture yet of Einstein's complex and sometimes stormy relationship with Jewish nationalism.Ze'ev Rosenkranz sheds new light on Einstein's encounters with prominent Zionist leaders, and reveals exactly what Einstein did and didn't like about Zionist beliefs, objectives, and methods. He looks at the personal, cultural, and political factors that led Einstein to support certain goals of Jewish nationalism; his role in the birth of the Hebrew University; his impressions of the emerging Jewish settlements in Palestine; and his reaction to mounting violence in the Arab-Jewish conflict. Rosenkranz explores a host of fascinating questions, such as whether Zionists sought to silence Einstein's criticism of their movement, whether Einstein was the real manipulator, and whether this Zionist icon was indeed a committed believer in Zionism or an iconoclast beholden to no one.
Lärche und Lebensart Heuer, Antje; Stenzel, Dirk
Zeitschrift für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefässchirurgie,
06/2022, Letnik:
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Mit einem fünfgeschossigen Wohn- und Geschäftsgebäude zeigt Architekt Dirk Stenzel vom Atelier für strategische und nachhaltige Architektur – ASUNA – eindrucksvoll die Möglichkeiten zeitgenössischen ...Holzbaus. Das neue Gebäude entstand auf einem Grundstück, das zuvor lange Zeit unbebaut war. An markanter Stelle im Stadtraum markiert es eine spitzwinklige Quartiersecke im Leipziger Stadtteil Lindenau. Vier Bewohnerparteien und ein großes Fachgeschäft finden hier Raum zum Leben und Arbeiten.Der Architekt holt einen Roh- und Werkstoff neu ins Blickfeld. Das Material Holz ist leicht und hoch belastbar, wächst in großen Mengen nach, ist leicht zu verarbeiten und mit geringem Energieverbrauch umzuwandeln. Wetterunabhängig vorgefertigte Elemente ermöglichen optimierte Bauprozesse. Oberhalb der Bodenplatte entstand das Haus in nur fünf Wochen. Holz schafft ein gutes Raumklima und Lebensgefühl. Darüber hinaus kann es sogar noch verwendet werden, wenn das Haus eines Tages abgetragen wird. Das Haus kann als ökologisches Vorbild betrachtet werden, denn ein Kubikmeter Holz bindet eine Tonne Kohlendioxid. Im Neubau insgesamt sind 520 m3 verbaut. Außenwand, Decken und Dach bestehen aus Brettsperrholzelementen; Stützen und Riegel sind aus Brettschichtholz gefertigt.Das Haus ist vielfach preisgekrönt, gewann u. a. 2019 den Sächsischen Staatspreis für Baukultur und den Holzbaupreis Sachsen. Es wirkt als Statement, nicht als Dogma. Es zeigt eine architektonische Lösung, eine Haltung und eine Art zu leben. Das Werk demonstriert nicht nur die Zukunftstauglichkeit des Materials, es zeugt v. a. von freiem Geist und Experimentierfreude. Es plädiert für eigenständiges Nachdenken – über die zeitgemäße Nutzung eines Materials, über das Bauen, über das Leben.
An einstein encyclopedia Calaprice, Alice; Kennefick, Daniel; Schulmann, Robert
2015., 20151027, 2015, 2016-01-01
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This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on their combined wealth ...of expertise gained during their work on the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, this authoritative and accessible reference features more than one hundred entries and is divided into three parts covering the personal, scientific, and public spheres of Einstein's life.
An Einstein Encyclopedia contains entries on Einstein's birth and death, family and romantic relationships, honors and awards, educational institutions where he studied and worked, citizenships and immigration to America, hobbies and travels, plus the people he befriended and the history of his archives and the Einstein Papers Project. Entries on Einstein's scientific theories provide useful background and context, along with details about his assistants, collaborators, and rivals, as well as physics concepts related to his work. Coverage of Einstein's role in public life includes entries on his Jewish identity, humanitarian and civil rights involvements, political and educational philosophies, religion, and more.
Commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the theory of general relativity, An Einstein Encyclopedia also includes a chronology of Einstein's life and appendixes that provide information for further reading and research, including an annotated list of a selection of Einstein's publications and a review of selected books about Einstein.
More than 100 entries cover the rich details of Einstein's personal, professional, and public life
Authoritative entries explain Einstein's family relationships, scientific achievements, political activities, religious views, and more
More than 40 illustrations include photos of Einstein and his circle plus archival materials
A chronology of Einstein's life, appendixes, and suggestions for further reading provide essential details for further research
Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorems and the limits of knowledge In this paper a presentation is given of Kurt Gödel’s pathbreaking results on the incompleteness of formal arithmetic. Some ...biographical details are provided but the main focus is on the analysis of the theorems themselves. An intermediate level between informal and formal has been sought that allows the reader to get a sufficient taste of the technicalities involved and not lose sight of the philosophical importance of the results. Connections are established with the work of Alan Turing and Hao Wang to show the present-day relevance of Gödel’s research and how it relates to the limitations of human knowledge, mathematical knowledge in particular.
