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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... danger of a like disaster in other countries. He had small respect for the Big Battalions, and his attitude to governments was very like that of the Hebrew prophets. He was not only a great scientist but a great man, a.
... danger of a like disaster in other countries. He had small respect for the Big Battalions, and his attitude to governments was very like that of the Hebrew prophets. He was not only a great scientist but a great man, a.
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... danger is so great at the moment, I believe man's healthy common sense will grasp it instinctively and not tolerate that our fair earth be so shamefully violated. What we, a few isolated individuals, stand for today will, I believe, be ...
... danger is so great at the moment, I believe man's healthy common sense will grasp it instinctively and not tolerate that our fair earth be so shamefully violated. What we, a few isolated individuals, stand for today will, I believe, be ...
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... danger to civilization and the human race may very well throw doubt upon the moral value of scientific progress in the minds of people who were not revolted by the prospect of another war on the old lines. The undersigned consider it ...
... danger to civilization and the human race may very well throw doubt upon the moral value of scientific progress in the minds of people who were not revolted by the prospect of another war on the old lines. The undersigned consider it ...
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... danger of war throughout the world has never been more serious nor the problems involved more complex. Will people allow their governments to prepare for such wars of annihilation? Peoples of the world: unite and testify to your desire ...
... danger of war throughout the world has never been more serious nor the problems involved more complex. Will people allow their governments to prepare for such wars of annihilation? Peoples of the world: unite and testify to your desire ...
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... danger of war already on the horizon. In a farewell message to New York from shipboard on December 16, 1930, Einstein expressed satisfaction for having “had the opportunity to accomplish something of social value.” Three days later the ...
... danger of war already on the horizon. In a farewell message to New York from shipboard on December 16, 1930, Einstein expressed satisfaction for having “had the opportunity to accomplish something of social value.” Three days later the ...
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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