Einstein on Peace“Einstein was not only the ablest man of science of his generation, he was also a wise man, which is something different. If statesmen had listened to him, the course of human events would have been less disastrous than it has been.” This verdict, from the Preface by Bertrand Russell, sums up the importance of this first collection of Albert Einstein’s writings on war, peace, and the atom bomb. In this volume, thanks to the Estate of Albert Einstein, the complete story is told of how one of the greatest minds of modern times worked from 1914 until 1955 on the problem of peace. It is a fascinating record of a man’s courage, his sincerity, and his concern for those who survive him. This book is also a history of the peace movement in modern times. Here are letters to and from some of the most famous men of his generation, including the correspondence between Einstein and Sigmund Freud on aggression and war, and the true story of his famous letter to President Roosevelt reporting the theoretical possibility of nuclear fission. It is the living record of more than forty years of Einstein’s untiring struggle to mobilize forces all over the world for the abolition of war and the creation of a supranational organization to solve conflicts among nations. |
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... Berlin, the capital of Germany. He was then thirty-five years of age and had already achieved renown as a mathematical physicist throughout the scientific world. His Berlin appointment was in itself a signal honor. Famous scholars had ...
... Berlin, the capital of Germany. He was then thirty-five years of age and had already achieved renown as a mathematical physicist throughout the scientific world. His Berlin appointment was in itself a signal honor. Famous scholars had ...
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... Berlin, he had never, so far as is known, translated these sentiments into any form of organized protest. He had taken no stand on public issues, nor had he been engaged in civic affairs or political action. The outbreak of the First ...
... Berlin, he had never, so far as is known, translated these sentiments into any form of organized protest. He had taken no stand on public issues, nor had he been engaged in civic affairs or political action. The outbreak of the First ...
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... Berlin, where he held a chair in physiology. Nicolai was a distinguished physician, a cardiologist who already enjoyed a reputation for unorthodoxy. In the charged atmosphere then pervading Germany, so well illustrated by the Manifesto ...
... Berlin, where he held a chair in physiology. Nicolai was a distinguished physician, a cardiologist who already enjoyed a reputation for unorthodoxy. In the charged atmosphere then pervading Germany, so well illustrated by the Manifesto ...
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... Berlin Observatory and a rueful signer of the Manifesto of the ninety-three intellectuals as well.{4} The other, Otto Buek, had come from Heidelberg to complete his studies in Berlin. This small group of heretics was not able to ...
... Berlin Observatory and a rueful signer of the Manifesto of the ninety-three intellectuals as well.{4} The other, Otto Buek, had come from Heidelberg to complete his studies in Berlin. This small group of heretics was not able to ...
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... contingencies, that I should never have done anything alone. There is another matter in which I think you do yourself an injustice. You are in no way to be “reproached” because you sit in Berlin and work. If anyone has the right, as a.
... contingencies, that I should never have done anything alone. There is another matter in which I think you do yourself an injustice. You are in no way to be “reproached” because you sit in Berlin and work. If anyone has the right, as a.
Contents
CHAPTER SIXTHE EVE OF FASCISM IN GERMANY | |
CHAPTER SEVENADVENT OF NAZISM AND ADVOCACY | |
CHAPTER EIGHTARRIVAL IN AMERICA | |
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CHAPTER NINEBIRTH OF THE ATOMIC AGE 1939 | |
CHAPTER TENTHE SECOND WORLD WAR 19391945 | |
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