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viii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-469) and index. |
| Contents |
The adoration -- "Suspicion against every kind of authority" -- "Consistency and simplicity" -- "This 'great epoch'" -- "All the loathsome nonsense" -- "Unnecessary erudition" -- "My grandest dreams have come true" -- "Is the old Jehovah still alive?" -- "I have become far more tolerant" -- Slavery made to appear civilized" -- "A negation of superstition" -- "I prefer to string along with my countryman, Jesus Christ" -- "Some kind of high-placed Red" -- "A state of mind ... akin to that of a ... lover" -- "St. Francis Einstein" -- "Grow[ing] angry with my fellow men" -- "That business about causality" -- "A Reich German" -- "A singular tension" -- "I, at any rate, am convinced" -- "Our necessarily primitive thinking" -- "While wolves wait outside" -- "Who is Mary Pickford?" -- "A bird of passage" -- "As long as I have any choice in the matter." |
| Summary |
Follows eighteen years in the life of the eminent scientist, from his 1914 arrival in Berlin, through his scientific accomplishments and his role as a peacemaker following World War I, to his 1932 departure from Germany. |
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
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Physicists -- Biography.
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Berlin (Germany) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 (OCoLC)fst00032023
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Physicists. (OCoLC)fst01063014
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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Germany -- Berlin.
(OCoLC)fst01204829
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
055310344X |
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9780553103441 |
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