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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... proposal for international action to his friend and mentor, the famous Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner H. A. Lorentz. The precise nature of the proposal is not known, but it was probably aimed at enlisting scientists from neutral ...
... proposal for international action to his friend and mentor, the famous Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner H. A. Lorentz. The precise nature of the proposal is not known, but it was probably aimed at enlisting scientists from neutral ...
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... proposal I made to Lorentz was naïve. Impulse was stronger than judgment. I would so much like to do something to hold together our colleagues in the various “fatherlands.” Is not that small group of scholars and intellectuals the only ...
... proposal I made to Lorentz was naïve. Impulse was stronger than judgment. I would so much like to do something to hold together our colleagues in the various “fatherlands.” Is not that small group of scholars and intellectuals the only ...
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... proposal seems to me too vague for realization. Were you to gather together a group of personalities in this country who have distinguished themselves through important intellectual achievements in various fields, you would merely ...
... proposal seems to me too vague for realization. Were you to gather together a group of personalities in this country who have distinguished themselves through important intellectual achievements in various fields, you would merely ...
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... proposal of the Czech parliament to award the Peace Prize to President Thomas Garrigue Masaryk: ...Masaryk has earned wide renown as a protector of oppressed minorities, especially the Czechs and the Jews. He has never sacrificed.
... proposal of the Czech parliament to award the Peace Prize to President Thomas Garrigue Masaryk: ...Masaryk has earned wide renown as a protector of oppressed minorities, especially the Czechs and the Jews. He has never sacrificed.
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... proposal is summarized in the minutes as follows: M. Einstein was of the opinion that the French proposal.
... proposal is summarized in the minutes as follows: M. Einstein was of the opinion that the French proposal.
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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