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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... German cultural pretensions that it created a shock and uproar throughout the world. Even the Imperial German Government felt that some action was necessary. The result was a public declaration by intellectuals in a “Manifesto to the ...
... German cultural pretensions that it created a shock and uproar throughout the world. Even the Imperial German Government felt that some action was necessary. The result was a public declaration by intellectuals in a “Manifesto to the ...
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... German militarism necessarily opposed German “culture” as well. The thought is expressed in the concluding paragraphs: Were it not for German militarism, German culture would have been wiped off the face of the earth. That culture, for ...
... German militarism necessarily opposed German “culture” as well. The thought is expressed in the concluding paragraphs: Were it not for German militarism, German culture would have been wiped off the face of the earth. That culture, for ...
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... German intellectuals but among the German people at large. Yet, within days after publication of the Manifesto, a noted German pacifist, Georg Friedrich Nicolai, composed a ringing challenge to it, a “Manifesto to Europeans.” He ...
... German intellectuals but among the German people at large. Yet, within days after publication of the Manifesto, a noted German pacifist, Georg Friedrich Nicolai, composed a ringing challenge to it, a “Manifesto to Europeans.” He ...
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... German publishing house, were seized before publication. An earlier version, however, had been smuggled into Switzerland, where it was published as early as 1916. About 100 copies were smuggled back into Germany and clandestinely ...
... German publishing house, were seized before publication. An earlier version, however, had been smuggled into Switzerland, where it was published as early as 1916. About 100 copies were smuggled back into Germany and clandestinely ...
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... Germans, three of them members of the Bund Neues Vaterland, and one Austrian went to Holland with the unofficial blessing of the German Foreign Office, to explore possibilities of mediation with the Allies. Three members of the Bund's ...
... Germans, three of them members of the Bund Neues Vaterland, and one Austrian went to Holland with the unofficial blessing of the German Foreign Office, to explore possibilities of mediation with the Allies. Three members of the Bund's ...
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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