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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... establishment of real peace in the world. A few days before, he had affixed the last signature of his life to a statement of nine scientists, in which the world was warned it would run the risk of universal annihilation unless the ...
... establishment of real peace in the world. A few days before, he had affixed the last signature of his life to a statement of nine scientists, in which the world was warned it would run the risk of universal annihilation unless the ...
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... establishment of the League of Nations and, in 1945, the United Nations. But his belief in the desirability of a world organization had been inspired even more by another consideration: Einstein had long since realized that the ...
... establishment of the League of Nations and, in 1945, the United Nations. But his belief in the desirability of a world organization had been inspired even more by another consideration: Einstein had long since realized that the ...
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... establishment of a huge power complex in excess of specific and immediate needs. He supported the establishment of a centralized, supranational body for the sole purpose of guaranteeing international security; otherwise, he was a strong ...
... establishment of a huge power complex in excess of specific and immediate needs. He supported the establishment of a centralized, supranational body for the sole purpose of guaranteeing international security; otherwise, he was a strong ...
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... establishment of a supranational organization after the war which it was hoped would make future wars impossible. The first pamphlet, which was published in October 1914, even before the actual formation of the group, was entitled The ...
... establishment of a supranational organization after the war which it was hoped would make future wars impossible. The first pamphlet, which was published in October 1914, even before the actual formation of the group, was entitled The ...
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... establishment of a democratic republic. Nowhere did he express his profound belief in democratic ideals more succinctly than in some brief remarks made late in 1918. When radical students “deposed” the president of the University of ...
... establishment of a democratic republic. Nowhere did he express his profound belief in democratic ideals more succinctly than in some brief remarks made late in 1918. When radical students “deposed” the president of the University of ...
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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achieved action aggression Albert Einstein American appears armaments atomic bomb atomic energy Atomic Scientists attitude become believe Berlin Bertrand Russell citizens civilization Committee of Atomic conference conflict Congress conscientious objectors consider convinced countries create danger decisions destruction disarmament discussed economic effective efforts Einstein replied Einstein wrote Einstein’s letter Emergency Committee establishment Europe existence expressed fact feel force freedom Geneva German hope human important individual institutions Intellectual Co-operation issue League of Nations Leo Szilard man’s mankind meeting military service moral Niels Bohr one’s opinion pacifist participate peace physicist political possible prepared present President problem Professor proposal published question realize refusal resistance responsibility Rolland Romain Rolland Russia scientific situation slightly revised social society solution Soviet Union statement suggested supranational supranational organization Szilard TFAW translation United Nations University uranium War Resisters weapons world government York