Albert Einstein Historical and Cultural

One of the 20th century's most profound thinkers not only transformed the direction of scientific endeavor but also influenced other fields such as psychology, linguistics and ethics. This volume comprises 23 papers delivered at a 1979 symposium and includes examinations of Einstein's impact on scholarship, culture, and more.

Introduction: Einstein and the Shaping of Our Imagination

vii

Gerald Holton

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EINSTEIN'S SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

The Special Relativity Theory: Einstein's Response to the Physics of 1905

3

(24)

Arthur I. Miller

The Quest for Unity: General Relativity and Unitary Field Theories

27

(12)

Peter G. Bergmann

Fluctuations and Statistical Physics in Einstein's Early Work

39

(20)

Martin J. Klein

Einstein and Quantum Physics

59

(20)

Max Jammer

RECEPTION OF EINSTEIN'S SCIENTIFIC IDEAS

The Early Years of Relativity

79

(12)

P. A. M. Dirac

Some Einstein Anomalies

91

(16)

Banesh Hoffmann

The Reception of Einstein's Ideas: Two Examples from Contrasting Political Cultures

107

(32)

Loren R. Graham

EINSTEIN'S IMPACT ON SCHOLARSHIP AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY CULTURE

Einstein and the Science of Language

139

(12)

Roman Jakobson

Psychoanalytic Reflections on Einstein's Centenary

151

(24)

Erik H. Erikson

Relativity and Relativism

175

(30)

Nathan Rotenstreich

The Myth of Simplicity

205

(48)

Yehuda Elkana

Einstein and the Light of Reason

253

(28)

Yaron Ezrahi

EINSTEIN AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JEWISH WORLD

Einstein and Israel

281

(12)

Isaiah Berlin

On Einstein and the Presidency of Israel

293

(4)

Yitzhak Navon

Jewish and Universal Social Ethics in the Life and Thought of Albert Einstein

297

(22)

Uriel Tal

Einstein's Germany

319

(28)

Fritz Stern

EINSTEIN AND THE NUCLEAR AGE

Einstein and International Security

347

(22)

Paul Doty

Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons

369

(28)

Bernard T. Feld

WORKING WITH EINSTEIN: REMINISCENCES BY ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS

Reminiscences

397

(4)

Peter G. Bergmann

Reminiscences

401

(4)

Banesh Hoffmann

Reminiscences

405

(4)

Nathan Rosen

Musical and Personal Reminiscences of Albert Einstein

409

(8)

Boris Schwarz

Reminiscences

417

(8)

Ernst G. Straus

Index of Names

425

(6)

Subject Index

431

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