Book ID: CBB001213170

Einstein's Berlin: In the Footsteps of a Genius (2013)

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Hoffmann, Dieter (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 192 pp.
Language: English

Lured by a top academic position sponsored by the Prussian Academy of Sciences, Albert Einstein moved from Zurich to Berlin in 1914 and lived there until 1932, just weeks before Hitler became chancellor of Germany. During this fraught economic and political time, Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, gained worldwide fame, supported democratic, socialist, pacifist, and Zionist causes, and withstood the growing ire of ultranationalists. Naturally, he became entwined in a network of people and places throughout the city. With a foreword by Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn, Einstein's Berlin combines narrative, maps, and period photographs to tell this story in the form of a sophisticated, annotated city guide, allowing readers and travelers to follow the physicist's footsteps throughout Berlin. Dieter Hoffmann conveys how Einstein's life and work were linked to the scientific and social life of the city and inspires the reader to explore the places where he made his mark.

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Authors & Contributors
Dierig, Sven
Buchwald, Diana Kormos
Graf-Grossmann, Claudia
James, Jennifer Nollar
Brewer, William D.
Tamborini, Marco
Concepts
Science and society
Biographies
Philosophy
Physics
Philosophy of science, as a discipline
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Tanzania (Tanganyika, Zanzibar)
Leipzig (Germany)
Prague (Czechia)
Netherlands
Institutions
Berlin Group (Philosophy)
Vienna Circle
Museum für Naturkunde (Berlin)
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Instituten
Universiteit Leiden
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