{"product_id":"29037-albert-einstein-his-human-side","title":"Albert Einstein   -  His Human Side","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Swami Tathagatananda\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vedanta Society\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 189\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): N\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere have been many books written about Albert Einstein and Several Written by himself. But Albert Einstein, His human side by Swami Tathagatananda is especially valuable in that it emphasizes an aspect of Einstein that is spiritually uplifting. The world knows of Einstein’s genius and his role in the Scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century. But is doesn’t know much about the man beneath the hype. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was also his antimilitarism, which was a feature of his life from boyhood. He was subject to violence as a result of his jewishness, and because of this, as well as his innate nature, he abhorred violence. A number of times Swami Tathagatananda Mentions Einstein’s veneration of Mahatma Gandhi who he thought was the only great political leader of the twentieth century. Einstein felt that only a world government could keep the peace on this earth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuccess did not come easily for Einstein. As a young man he had considerable difficulty getting a job, and this become especially vexing after his father died and he needed to support his mother. One is reminded of swami Vivekananda’s plight after the death of his father, when it seemed no one was willing to hire him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNone of Einstein’s difficulties ever soured him on humanity. He once said, “I feel such solidarity with all living people that it is a matter of indifference to me where the individual begins and where he ceases.” This rather Eastern sounding view accounted for his lack fear of death. As he wrote near the end of his life, “have come to look upon death as an old debt, at long last to be discharged.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Samuel D. Fohr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this book on Einstein Characterized by brevity and depth of insight, Swami Tathagatananda discusses some of Einstein’s biographical details, some of his ideas on science but all his essential ideas on life. His book will appeal both to those who want to understand Einstein and to those want to understand life, and thereby alleviate their suffering it will appeal both to the scientist and to the general reader. One can emulate Einstein’s curiosity, his sense of wonder at life’s mysteries and above all, rise above “the vanity of human desires and aims” with their disappointments, suffering and tragedies, this veritable “vale of tears,” through unselfish work, service of others and a sense of the Supreme Intelligence pervading everything.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Hon. Nirupam Sen – Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In Albert Einstein, his human side, swami Tathagatananda sketches the main periods in Einstein’s life and career in thematically arranged chapters that reveal his familial, philosophical and humanitarian facets. Unusual and valuable is the book’s privileged view of the scientist as seen by a revered spiritual teacher of the Ramakrishna order. Tracing mystical currents that run through Einstein’s thought and work, the swami enlarges our perspective on the man-not only as a scientific genius, but as a great soul.” \u003cbr\u003e--- Prof. Beatrice C. Johnson, MA – Professor, Los Angeles harbor college, Wilmington, California \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In addition to sharing with the reader many of the details of Einstein’s life, Swami Tathagatananda calls our attention to the central role of harmony in his life. Firmly rooted in his sense of wonder and felling, the harmony to which Swami Tathagatananda refers is both musical and spiritual, manifest in the scientific theories Einstein posited in his pursuit of better understanding the nature of the universe. The author casts Einstein as a critically creative thinker for whom the arts and sciences were not mutually exclusive but co-dependant, a man whose complexly inclusive vision of the world allowed him to be a “militant pacifist” guided by a strong sense of a power hreater than himself that could be illuminated through science. It is these very human characteristics that the author highlights in this volume.” \u003cbr\u003e--- Walter Gershon, Ph.D. – Kent State University, Kent, Ohio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Today the world knows Albert Einstein as a synonym for scientific genius, the man who showed us the fundamental unity of mass, energy, time and space. In this book, Swami Tathagatananda highlights Einstein’s humane genius, informed by his understanding of the fundamental unity of all beings. We learn of his passion for peace in the turmoil of war, his fight for tolerance and understanding against hatred and injustice, his sympathy with the plight of common people. It is a vital and necessary message for our times.”\u003cbr\u003e--- Alex S. Johnson, MA, Author – Professor of English, Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, California\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 – Albert Einstein – A Profile, Part I \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tBirth, Simplicity and Wonder \u003cbr\u003e2.\tListen, Play, Love and Revere\u003cbr\u003e3.\tOther Early deep impressions \u003cbr\u003e4.\tDire predictions undone \u003cbr\u003e5.\tComing od age \u003cbr\u003e6.\tA Decision and Auspicious Consequence \u003cbr\u003e7.\tA Mind made more serious through failure \u003cbr\u003e8.\tGood Education and Surrogate love Yield self – Confidence \u003cbr\u003e9.\tMaturation at the Polytechnic\u003cbr\u003e10.\tPenury, Humiliation and Possibility \u003cbr\u003e11.\tThe Foremost task of Education \u003cbr\u003e12.\tKeeping body and soul together \u003cbr\u003e13.\tRedeeming grace of friendship \u003cbr\u003e14.\tTreasured rewards of Resourcefulness \u003cbr\u003e15.\tCultivating Genius in a Provisionary Environment\u003cbr\u003e16.\tFinding value in personal loss \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 – Albert Einstein – A Profile, Part – II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17.\tThe “New Copernicus” \u003cbr\u003e18.\tAcademic entry and progress \u003cbr\u003e19.\tFame at Prague \u003cbr\u003e20.\tA Longed –for Benefit \u003cbr\u003e21.\tA Significant Departure\u003cbr\u003e22.\tPositive power of Intuition \u003cbr\u003e23.\tNegative power of Exhaustion \u003cbr\u003e24.\tTo be awarded or not to be awarded – Ignoble Flaws of politics \u003cbr\u003e25.\tInauspicious years still bring acknowledgement \u003cbr\u003e26.\tA Valued symbol \u003cbr\u003e27.\tThe Nobel prize \u003cbr\u003e28.\tContribution of Satyendra Nath Bose – “To thine own self be true \u003cbr\u003e29.\tFinding a suitable place of refuge – A second visit to America\u003cbr\u003e30.\tA third trip to America resolves his mind \u003cbr\u003e31.\tWith out an address \u003cbr\u003e32.\tLe Coq Sur Mer, Belgium – A Temporary Refuge \u003cbr\u003e33.\tA Permanent Gesture of Protest \u003cbr\u003e34.\tApproaching the End – A Lingering Sense of Uncertainty \u003cbr\u003e35.\tLesser Couses fade from view as the hightest berkons \u003cbr\u003e36.\tDissolution into unity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 – Albert Einstein – His Family Life \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e37.\tRewards and travails of marriage to Mileva Marie \u003cbr\u003e38.\tThe Coming of Success – the coming of war \u003cbr\u003e39.\t1914-1918 – World war and Personal Sorrows \u003cbr\u003e40.\tSimultaneous Revolutions and Resolutions \u003cbr\u003e41.\tA Hapless Eduard \u003cbr\u003e42.\tMarriage to Elsa Lowenthal\u003cbr\u003e43.\tA “Faithful Helper” joins the family \u003cbr\u003e44.\tA Birthday gift from the city of berlin \u003cbr\u003e45.\tFacing personal loss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 – Albert Einstein – The Mystic \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e46.\tGifts of Incalculable magnitude \u003cbr\u003e47.\tEarly mystical tendency \u003cbr\u003e48.\tA Religious temperament \u003cbr\u003e49.\t“What I Believe \u003cbr\u003e50.\tEinstein and Spinoza \u003cbr\u003e51.\t“God Does Not Play Dice with the World”\u003cbr\u003e52.\t“Do Scientists Pray” \u003cbr\u003e53.\tEinstein’s Harmony of Science and Religion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 – Albert Einstein – For Common People \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e54.\tFormal Introduction to the public \u003cbr\u003e55.\t“Queer Mixture of great warmth and great aloofness”\u003cbr\u003e56.\tVisit to a doomed land of “Gentle Courtesy” \u003cbr\u003e57.\tCoping with fame and praise \u003cbr\u003e58.\t“A Citizen of the world”\u003cbr\u003e59.\tInformality and thrift \u003cbr\u003e60.\tInspired by music and nature \u003cbr\u003e61.\tCharming Alliances – Charming Verses \u003cbr\u003e62.\tEinstein and Rabindranath Tagore \u003cbr\u003e63.\tPhilosophy of Realism and Tolerance \u003cbr\u003e64.\t“On the Labors of other men” \u003cbr\u003e65.\tPersevering self – confidence \u003cbr\u003e66.\tA Spiritually guided life \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 – Albert Einstein – A Humane Scientist \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e67.\tAbiding moral values \u003cbr\u003e68.\tSpiritual impression of the great mahatma \u003cbr\u003e69.\tIdealism\u003cbr\u003e70.\tMagnanimity and Concern for others \u003cbr\u003e71.\t“Manifesto to the Civilized world”\u003cbr\u003e72.\tEinstein’s worthy reply \u003cbr\u003e73.\tForging an important friendship \u003cbr\u003e74.\tA Change to militant pacifism \u003cbr\u003e75.\tCrucial Departures \u003cbr\u003e76.\tWhen speech is imperative – An Important Collaboration \u003cbr\u003e77.\tThe “Russell – Einstein Manifesto \u003cbr\u003e78.\tThe Pug wash Conferences \u003cbr\u003e79.\t A Compassionate Zionist \u003cbr\u003e80.\tA “Lone Traveler” \u003cbr\u003e81.\t“The Conscience of the world \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 – Albert Einstein – The Atom Bomb \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e82.\tSplitting the unity of the Atomic Nucleus \u003cbr\u003e83.\tAn Alarming Signal Ends one chapter of work \u003cbr\u003e84.\tMomentous verifications and persistent Skepticism \u003cbr\u003e85.\t1938- A Pivotal year \u003cbr\u003e86.\tAlerting a free world \u003cbr\u003e87.\tDrafting a letter to president Roosevelt \u003cbr\u003e88.\tAn international hero is briefly Considered \u003cbr\u003e89.\tA Matter of Secrecy in a Crucial year \u003cbr\u003e90.\tThe Manhattan project \u003cbr\u003e91.\tA Great figure in a small Role\u003cbr\u003e92.\tA New sense of mission in the Autumn of life \u003cbr\u003e93.\tAnother important letter to the president \u003cbr\u003e94.\t“Oh, my God”\u003cbr\u003e95.\tA Deep personal sense of Responsibility \u003cbr\u003eAlbert Einstein – Legendary Remarks \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Swami Tathagatananda \/ Vedanta Society \/ 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