Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Introduction: Einstein and the Shaping of Our Imagination, pg. vii
The Special Relativity Theory: Einstein's Response to the Physics of 1905, pg. 3
The Quest for Unity: General Relativity and Unitary Field Theories, pg. 27
Fluctuations and Statistical Physics in Einstein's Early Work, pg. 39
Einstein and Quantum Physics, pg. 59
The Early Years of Relativity, pg. 79
Some Einstein Anomalies, pg. 91
The Reception of Einstein's Ideas: Two Examples from Contrasting Political Cultures, pg. 107
Einstein and the Science of Language, pg. 139
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Einstein's Centenary, pg. 151
Relativity and Relativism, pg. 175
The Myth of Simplicity, pg. 205
Einstein and the Light of Reason, pg. 253
Einstein and Israel, pg. 281
On Einstein and the Presidency of Israel, pg. 293
Jewish and Universal Social Ethics in the Life and Thought of Albert Einstein, pg. 297
Einstein's Germany, pg. 319
Einstein and International Security, pg. 347
Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons, pg. 369
Reminiscences, pg. 397
Reminiscences, pg. 401
Reminiscences, pg. 405
Musical and Personal Reminiscences of Albert Einstein, pg. 409
Reminiscences, pg. 417
Index of Names, pg. 425
Subject Index, pg. 431