Ideas and OpinionsHere is a new edition of the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Einstein himself. The selections range from his earliest days as a theoretical physicist to his death in 1955; from such subjects as relativity, nuclear war or peace, and religion and science, to human rights, economics, and government. |
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INTRODUCTION by Alan Lightman | 1 |
Interviewers | 16 |
Aphorisms for Leo Baeck | 29 |
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