The Quotable Einstein - Rilegato

Einstein, Albert

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ISBN 10: 0691026963 ISBN 13: 9780691026961

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1996

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Albert Einstein was a prolific - and often thoughtful and gifted - writer, and he is immensely quotable. This collection of approximately 550 quotations by and about Einstein for the first time arranges his thoughts and ideas thematically. Here we can easily find Einstein's thoughts on everything from America and Americans, Germans and Germany, Jews and Zionism, war and peace, politics, religion, and science to more personal subjects, such as abortion, youth and aging, love and marriage, music, and pets. There is something to please everyone - and something to offend everyone. Also included are sections on what Einstein has said about other famous people, what others have said about him, a chronology containing biographical data, an updated family tree that includes great-great-grandchildren, answers to the most common questions about Einstein, and a selected bibliography. The book includes an engaging foreword by Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson.
To help the reader or researcher, two indexes are provided. The Index of Key Words will help readers find familiar quotations, and the Subject Index will lead them to subjects of particular interest. The book provides documentation, generally to primary sources such as the Einstein Archive and The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein.

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Recensione:

"Masquerading as a quote book, this title may set a new standard for the genre as well as expand the concept. It is filled with the written and spoken thoughts of this cultural icon--as well as those merely attributed to him--but conveys much more than a traditional collection of sayings might."--The Bloomsbury Review

"All of us who lack Einstein's intellectual and spiritual gifts owe a debt of gratitude to Princeton University Press for having humanized him in this innovative way."--Timothy Ferris, The New York Times Book Review

"This fascinating book reveals Einstein as a fully rounded human, with both a tender and a darker, more brooding side."--Physics World

"The chief value of this collection of [Einstein's] more memorable observations on the events of the 20th century and his own part in them is that it reveals the development of the person as well as that of the scientist. [The Quotable Einstein] is something of a triumph."--New Scientist

Contenuti:

	Foreword
	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Einstein Family Tree
	Chronology
	On Einstein Himself	3
	On America and Americans	19
	On Death	29
	On Education and Academic Freedom	35
	On Family	43
	On Friends, Specific Scientists, and Others	59
	On Germans and Germany	81
	On Humankind	87
	On Jews, Israel, Judaism, Zionism	93
	On Life	105
	On Pacifism	111
	On Peace, War, the Bomb, and the Military	119
	On Politics, Patriotism, and Government	133
	On Religion, God, and Philosophy	143
	On Science and Scientists, Mathematics, and Technology	163
	On Miscellaneous Subjects	187
	Attributed to Einstein	221
	Others on Einstein	227
	Answers to the Most Common Nonscientific Questions about Einstein	243
	Bibliography	257
	Index of Key Words	261
	Subject Index	265