The World As I See It

Description

By (author) Einstein, Albert; Introduction by Berger, Neil

A fascinating collection of Einstein’s observations about life,religion, nationalism, and a host of personal topics that engaged thegenius’s intellect
In the aftermath of the First WorldWar, Einstein writes about his hopes for the League of Nations, hisfeelings as a German citizen about the growing anti-Semitism andnationalism of his country, and his myriad opinions about the currentaffairs of his day. In addition to these political perspectives, The World As I See Itreveals the idealistic, spiritual, and witty side of this greatintellectual as he approaches topics including “Good and Evil,”“Religion and Science,” “Active Pacifism,” “Christianity and Judaism,”and “Minorities.” Including letters, speeches,articles, and essays written before 1935, this collection offers acomplete portrait of Einstein as a humanitarian and as a human beingtrying to make sense of the changing world around him. Thisauthorized Philosophical Library book features a new introduction byNeil Berger, PhD, and an illustrated biography of Albert Einstein, whichincludes rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the AlbertEinstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Review quote
“Without the sense of fellowship withmen of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternallyunattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life wouldhave seemed to me empty.” —Albert Einstein, Forum and Century “Precedinggenerations have presented us, in a highly developed science andmechanical knowledge, with a most valuable gift which carries with itpossibilities of making our life free and beautiful such as no previousgeneration has enjoyed. But this gift also brings with it dangers to ourexistence as great as any that have ever threatened it.” —AlbertEinstein, Address to the Students’ Disarmament Meeting

Biographical note
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was born in Germany and became anAmerican citizen in 1940. A world-famous theoretical physicist, he wasawarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics and is renowned for his Theoryof Relativity. In addition to his scientific work, Einstein was aninfluential humanist who spoke widely about politics, ethics, and socialcauses. After leaving Europe, Einstein taught at Princeton University.His theories were instrumental in shaping the atomic age. NeilBerger, an associate professor emeritus of mathematics, taught at theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago in the Mathematics, Statistics, andComputer Science department from 1968 until his retirement in 2001. Hewas the recipient of the first Monroe H. Martin Prize (1975), which isnow awarded by the University of Maryland every five years for a singlyauthored outstanding applied mathematics research paper. He haspublished numerous papers and reviews in his fields of expertise, whichinclude elasticity, tensor analysis, scattering theory, and fluidmechanics.