Author: Albert Einstein
Editor: Carl Seeling / Sonja Barmann
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 378
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0285647253
Description
Professor Einstein’s remarkable ability to penetrate directly to the heart of a subject is as apparent in his writings on secular matters as in his scientific works. It is this rare gift that makes the most complex problems seem simple and evolves principles of the greatest depth and understanding.
Remarkable, too, is the consistency of his thinking. In a number of instances pieces written years apart on the same subject have been selected deliberately in order to present this uniformity of philosophy.
Here is the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein’s popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Professor Einstein, himself. It ranges from earliest days to the moment of this book; from such subjects as relativity, atomic war and peace, religion and science, to human rights, economics and government.
Notably Einstein’s own essays collected in Ideas and Opinions underline Einstein’s profound conviction that the universe is coherently constructed and meaningful work of art, gradually accessible to the exploring human mind.
Contents
Publisher’s Note
PART I: IDEAS AND OPINIONS
PART II: ON POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND PACIFISM
PART III: ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE
PART IV: ON GENMANY
PART V: CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE