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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... statement of nine scientists, in which the world was warned it would run the risk of universal annihilation unless the institution of war was abolished in the near future. I was in London a few months later when that statement was ...
... statement of nine scientists, in which the world was warned it would run the risk of universal annihilation unless the institution of war was abolished in the near future. I was in London a few months later when that statement was ...
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... statement and sent it to Einstein. Before getting an answer from him, while traveling by air from Rome to Paris, I learned of his death. On arrival in Paris, I found his letter agreeing to sign. This must have been one of the last acts ...
... statement and sent it to Einstein. Before getting an answer from him, while traveling by air from Rome to Paris, I learned of his death. On arrival in Paris, I found his letter agreeing to sign. This must have been one of the last acts ...
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... statement was signed by ninety-one prominent Germans, including twelve members of the Bund Neues Vaterland, one of whom was Einstein. In a letter to Lorentz of September 23, 1915, Einstein expressed “his extreme satisfaction” over the ...
... statement was signed by ninety-one prominent Germans, including twelve members of the Bund Neues Vaterland, one of whom was Einstein. In a letter to Lorentz of September 23, 1915, Einstein expressed “his extreme satisfaction” over the ...
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... statement. After all, scarcely half a year earlier I myself had advised you to participate in the committee's work! I did not resign for base motives, nor because of pro-German sympathies. I had become convinced that the League (unlike ...
... statement. After all, scarcely half a year earlier I myself had advised you to participate in the committee's work! I did not resign for base motives, nor because of pro-German sympathies. I had become convinced that the League (unlike ...
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... statements on war resistance was contained in his reply to an invitation received from the Women's International ... statement to the Women's International League to be used in whatever way they considered most useful: ...It seems to ...
... statements on war resistance was contained in his reply to an invitation received from the Women's International ... statement to the Women's International League to be used in whatever way they considered most useful: ...It seems to ...
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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