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Albert Einstein

His Influence on Physics, Philosophy and Politics

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  • © 1979

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  1. Peter C. Aichelburg
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  2. Roman U. Sexl
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages III-XV
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  2. The Development of the Theory of Relativity

    • Peter G. Bergmann
    Pages 1-16

  3. Cosmology

    • Dennis W. Sciama
    Pages 17-23

  4. Gravitational Radiation

    • Joseph Weber
    Pages 25-31

  5. Black Holes

    • Roger Penrose
    Pages 33-50

  6. The Black Hole: An Imaginary Conversation with Albert Einstein

    • John A. Wheeler
    Pages 51-56

  7. Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?

    • Nathan Rosen
    Pages 57-67

  8. Einstein’s Contribution to Statistical Mechanics

    • Hiroshi Ezawa
    Pages 69-87

  9. “On the History of the Special Relativity Theory”

    • Arthur I. Miller
    Pages 89-108

  10. Einstein’s Model for Constructing a Scientific Theory

    • Gerald Holton
    Pages 109-136

  11. Einstein’s Treatment of Theoretical Concepts

    • Bernulf Kanitscheider
    Pages 137-158

  12. Einstein’s Importance to Physics, Philosophy, and Politics

    • Carl Friedrich v. Weizsäcker
    Pages 159-168

  13. Einstein and Zionism

    • Banesh Hoffmann
    Pages 169-175

  14. Birth and Rôle of the GRG-Organization and the Cultivation of International Relations among Scientists in the Field

    • André Mercier
    Pages 177-188

  15. Reminiscences of Albert Einstein from 1908 to 1930

    • Walther Gerlach
    Pages 189-200

  16. Mercer Street and other Memories

    • John A. Wheeler
    Pages 201-211

  17. Einstein — and the Vanity of Academia

    • Wolfgang Yourgrau
    Pages 213-220
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Albert Einstein

  • Book Subtitle: His Influence on Physics, Philosophy and Politics

  • Editors: Peter C. Aichelburg, Roman U. Sexl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-91080-6

  • Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-528-08425-7Published: 01 January 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-322-91080-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Philosophy of Science, History of Science

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