Albert Einstein, Historical and Cultural Perspectives - The Centennial Symposium in Jerusalem

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.

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Edited by Gerald Holton & Yehuda Elkana

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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 Librar

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• Authors: Gerald Holton, Gerald Elkana Holton
• Assisted by: Yehuda Elkana (Editor), Elkana Yehuda (Editor), Gerald Holton (Editor), Holton Gerald (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691612331
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61233-1
• No. of pages: 474
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Relativity physics