Albert Einstein, historical and cultural perspectives the centennial symposium in Jerusalem /
| Other Authors: | Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium, Holton, Gerald James., Elkana, Yehuda, 1934-2012., Aḳademyah ha-leʼumit ha-Yiśreʼelit le-madaʻim. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1982]
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| Physical Description: |
xxxii, 439 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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Table of 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.