| Description |
xxxii, 439 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
[Historical perspectives on Einstein's scientific contributions] Special relativity theory : Einstein's response to the physics of 1905 / Arthur I. Miller -- Quest for unity : general relativity and unitary field theories / Peter G. Bergmann -- Fluctuations and statistical physics in Einstein's early work / Martin J. Klein. Einstein and quantum physics / Max Jammer -- [Reception of Einstein's scientific ideas] Early years of relativity / P.A.M. Dirac. Some Einstein anomalies / Banesh Hoffmann. 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 / Roman Jakobson. Psychoanalytic reflections on Einstein's centenary / Erik H. Erikson. Relativity and relativism / Nathan Rotenstreich. Myth of simplicity / Yehuda Elkana. Einstein and the light of reason / Yaron Ezrahi -- [Einstein and developments in the Jewish world] Einstein and Israel / Isaiah Berlin. On Einstein and the Presidency of Israel / Yitzhak Navon. Jewish and universal social ethics in the life and thought of Albert Einstein / Uriel Tal. Einstein's Germany / Fritz Stern -- [Einstein and the nuclear age] Einstein and international security / Paul Doty. Einstein and the politics of nuclear weapons / Bernard T. Feld -- [Working with Einstein : reminiscences by associates and friends] Reminiscences / Peter G. Bergmann, Banesh Hoffmann & Nathan Rosen. Musical and personal reminiscences of Albert Einstein / Boris Schwarz. Reminiscences / Ernst G. Straus |
| Analysis |
Physics Einstein, Albert Conference proceedings |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| SUBJECT |
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022889 -- Anniversaries, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002325
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022889
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| Subject |
Physicists -- Biography -- Congresses.
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Physicists -- Biography.
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Relativity (Physics)
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Relativity (Physics) -- Congresses.
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Science -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Science -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Elkana, Yehuda, 1934-2012.
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Holton, Gerald James.
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Aḳademyah ha-leʼumit ha-Yiśreʼelit le-madaʻim.
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| LC no. |
81047923 |
| ISBN |
0691082995 |
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