Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives (eBook)

The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem

Yehuda Elkana, Gerald Holton (Herausgeber)

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2014
474 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5543-8 (ISBN)

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Based on papers presented at the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium in March 1979, this volume sets forth an articulated sequence of chapters on the impact of Einstein's work, not only in science but in humanistic studies and problems such as international security in the nuclear age.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
• Schlagworte: Academy of Sciences • Albert Einstein • Alfred North Whitehead • arabs • Astronomer Royal • asymmetry • Atomic Energy • Atomic physics • Brandeis University • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists • Calculation • Capability (systems engineering) • Concept • Consciousness • Einstein Field Equations • electromagnetism • Enrico Fermi • Epistemology • Ernst G. Straus • Ernst Mach • ethnography • Evolutionary origin of religions • Explanation • General relativity • Gravitational Wave • Hans Kohn • Henri Bergson • Huygens (spacecraft) • hypothesis • Immanuel Kant • International Security • Irony • Isaiah Berlin • Jews • John von Neumann • J. Robert Oppenheimer • Judaism • Karl Kraus (writer) • laws of thermodynamics • Level of consciousness (Esotericism) • liberal internationalism • Little Albert Experiment • mass–energy equivalence • Michelson–Morley experiment • Militarism • modern philosophy • Modern Physics • Naturalness (physics) • Natural Philosophy • Nazism • Neutron • Newton's law of universal gravitation • nitrogen • Nobel Peace Prize • Nobel prize • nuclear chain reaction • Nuclear disarmament • nuclear weapon • Objectivity (science) • pacificism • Pacifism • philosophical fragments • Philosophy • Philosophy of Physics • philosophy of science • physicist • Psychoanalysis • quantum mechanics • Reality • reason • Relativism • result • Rumination (psychology) • Science • scientific enterprise • Scientific Revolution • scientific theory • Scientist • Simplicity • Simultaneity • Søren Kierkegaard • Special relativity • State of affairs (philosophy) • Statistical Mechanics • Statistical Theory • Subjectivity • subject (philosophy) • Sublime (philosophy) • theoretical physics • theory • Theory of relativity • Thought • Trepidation (astronomy) • Unified Field Theory • united states atomic energy commission • Universality (philosophy) • warhead • Woodrow Wilson • World View • Zionism
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5543-8 / 1400855438
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5543-8 / 9781400855438