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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... meeting at The Hague in April 1915, arranged by the Dutch Anti-War Council in an effort to organize an international association to promote enduring peace. Four Germans, three of them members of the Bund Neues Vaterland, and one ...
... meeting at The Hague in April 1915, arranged by the Dutch Anti-War Council in an effort to organize an international association to promote enduring peace. Four Germans, three of them members of the Bund Neues Vaterland, and one ...
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... meetings. It was planned that a high Dutch Government official should go to Berlin for preliminary official discussions ... meeting in 1915, Einstein apparently offered a proposal for international action to his friend and mentor, the ...
... meetings. It was planned that a high Dutch Government official should go to Berlin for preliminary official discussions ... meeting in 1915, Einstein apparently offered a proposal for international action to his friend and mentor, the ...
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... meeting of the universities which took place secretly last July. Under consideration was the question whether the German universities should sever all ties with other universities and academies in the world. The motion was defeated by ...
... meeting of the universities which took place secretly last July. Under consideration was the question whether the German universities should sever all ties with other universities and academies in the world. The motion was defeated by ...
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... meeting men whom I esteem so highly and who share my intellectual interests, but finding so much agreement in matters outside the realm of science... Lorentz was apparently still concerned about the Manifesto to the Civilized World or ...
... meeting men whom I esteem so highly and who share my intellectual interests, but finding so much agreement in matters outside the realm of science... Lorentz was apparently still concerned about the Manifesto to the Civilized World or ...
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... meeting of intellectuals to discuss the organization of a group that, when the time came, might be capable of negotiating the peace in place of the discredited German Government. It was signed by Kurt Hiller, a radical pacifist who ...
... meeting of intellectuals to discuss the organization of a group that, when the time came, might be capable of negotiating the peace in place of the discredited German Government. It was signed by Kurt Hiller, a radical pacifist who ...
Contents
CHAPTER SIXTHE EVE OF FASCISM IN GERMANY | |
CHAPTER SEVENADVENT OF NAZISM AND ADVOCACY | |
CHAPTER EIGHTARRIVAL IN AMERICA | |
188 | |
CHAPTER NINEBIRTH OF THE ATOMIC AGE 1939 | |
CHAPTER TENTHE SECOND WORLD WAR 19391945 | |
236 | |
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