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Einstein and twentieth-century politics : 'a salutary moral influence' /

Albert Einstein, world-renowned as a physicist, was also publicly committed to radical political views. Despite the vast literature on Einstein, this is the first comprehensive study of his politics, covering his opinions and campaigns on pacifism, Zionism, control of nuclear weapons, world governme...

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Main Authors: Crockatt, Richard (Author)
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Political and social views
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Influence
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Friends and associates
Einstein, Albert, > 1879-1955 > Quotations
Physicists > Biography
Physics > History > 20th century
Summary: Albert Einstein, world-renowned as a physicist, was also publicly committed to radical political views. Despite the vast literature on Einstein, this is the first comprehensive study of his politics, covering his opinions and campaigns on pacifism, Zionism, control of nuclear weapons, world government, freedom, and racial equality.--
Carrier Form: viii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-227) and index.
ISBN: 9780198785491 (hardcover) :
0198785496 (hardcover)
Index Number: QC16
CLC: D0-05
K837.126.11
Call Number: K837.126.11/E357C-2
Contents: The making of a global public intellectual -- Foundations of thought : principles, privacy, and performance -- Pacifism -- Zionism and Israel -- The bomb and the arms race -- World government -- Freedom and cold-war politics.

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