Einstein And Our World: Control of Nature

Einstein And Our World: Control of Nature
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This is a fascinating account of the impact of Einsteinâ€™s work and outlook upon contemporary culture and upon the scientific enterprise itself.

Following a brief, nontechnical explanation of the significance of Einsteinâ€™s achievements, Prof. Cassidy takes the reader on an intriguing journey through the uses and abuses of Einsteinâ€™s relativity theory in such widely diverse settings as political ideology, philosophy of science, literature, art, religion, and the individual in an age of dictatorship, genocide, and weapons of mass destruction. Cassidy explores how Einsteinâ€™s work spread throughout the physical sciences, leading to a new conception of the theoretical physicist as both physicist and cultural figure. While public fascination with Einsteinâ€™s achievements grew, his authority as an influential spokesman for human dignity, intellectual freedom, and world peace continued to the end of his life.

This new edition, besides updating and revising the content of the first edition, includes a number of important new topics that could not be included in the original edition: more on Einsteinâ€™s personal life in the light of recent revelations; a new section on Einstein and peace; and an assessment of Einsteinâ€™s continuing influence in the post-September 11 era.
Country USA
Brand Prometheus Books
Manufacturer Humanity Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2004-09-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781591022565

Country	USA
Brand	Prometheus Books
Manufacturer	Humanity Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2004-09-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781591022565

Einstein And Our World: Control of Nature

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