The Expanded Quotable Einstein - Rilegato

Calaprice, Alice

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ISBN 10: 0691070210 ISBN 13: 9780691070216

Casa editrice: Princeton University, 2000

Riassunto

Offering an insight into "Time" magazine's "Man of the Century", Albert Einstein, this text covers topics such as late-20th century research on Einstein's brain, the possible collaboration of his wife Mileva in his work, and the love letters that Einstein sent to an alleged Soviet spy. Einstein continues to be a global icon as we enter the new millennium, and this 2nd-edition text attempts to show us why. The revelation that he was, after all, a human being in his personal life rather than a secular "saint" has detracted neither from his fame nor from his great scientific achievements. Above all, Einstein is shown to be a loyal letter writer, keeping up a lively correspondence with those whom he loved and respected, and expressing an opinion on just about everything and everyone, including himself.

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"All of us who lack Einstein's intellectual and spiritual gifts owe a debt of gratitude to Princeton University Press for having humanized him in this innovative way."--Timothy Ferris, The New York Times Book Review

"Masquerading as a quote book, this title may set a new standard for the genre as well as expand the concept. It is filled with the written and spoken thoughts of this cultural icon as well as those merely attributed to him but conveys much more than a traditional collection of sayings might."--The Bloomsbury Review

"This fascinating book reveals Einstein as a fully rounded human, with both a tender and a darker, more brooding side."--Physics World

"The chief value of this collection of [Einstein's] more memorable observations on the events of the 20th century and his own part in them is that it reveals the development of the person as well as that of the scientist. [The Quotable Einstein] is something of a triumph."--New Scientist

Contenuti:

FOREWORD, BY FREEMAN DYSON ix
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
A NOTE ABOUT THE EXPANDED EDITION xxv
EINSTEIN FAMILY TREE xxxi
CHRONOLOGY xxxiii
THE QUOTATIONS
On Einstein Himself 3
On His Family 23
On America and Americans 49
On Death 59
On Education and Academic Freedom 65
On Friends, Specific Scientists, and Others 73
On Germans and Germany 105
On Humankind 113
On Jews, Israel, Judaism, and Zionism 123
On Life 145
On Music 151
On Pacifism 159
On Peace, War, the Bomb. and the Military 169
On Politics, Patriotism, and Government 187
On Religion, God, and Philosophy 199
On Science and Scientists, Mathematics, and
Technology 223
On Miscellaneous Subjects 265
Abortion, Achievement, Aging, Ambition, Animals/Pets,
Art and Science, Astrology, Authority, Birth Control,
Birthdays, Blacks/ Racism/Slavery, Books, Causality,
Clarity, Clothes, Competition, Comprehensibility,
Conformity, Conscience, Creativity, Criminals, Curiosity,
Death Penalty, The English and the English Language,
Epistemology, Flying Saucers, Force, Games, Good Acts,
Home, Homosexuality, Individuals/Individuality,
Intelligence, Intuition, Italy and the Italians, Japan and
the Japanese, Lies, Love, Marriage, Materialism,
Miracles, Morality, The Mysterious, Mysticism, Pipe
Smoking, Posterity, Prejudice, The Press, Prohibition,
Psychoanalysis, Rickshaw Pullers, Sailing, Sculpture,
Sex Education, Success, Superstition, Thinking, Tolerance,
Truth, Vegetarianism, Violence, Wealth, Wisdom,
Women, Work, Youth
Attributed to Einstein 311
Others on Einstein 323
Answers to the Most Common Nonscientific
Questions about Einstein 349
Appendix 367
A Brief Peek into the FBI's Einstein File
The Famous Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
BIBLIOGRAPHY 381
INDEX OF KEY WORDS 387
SUBJECT INDEX 393

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Princeton University
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0691070210
• ISBN 13: 9780691070216
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 410