“Einstein’s War”
Einstein's War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I (English)Hardcover – 五月 21, 2019
Matthew Stanley (Author)
“[Stanley’s] book is simultaneously a brisk biography of two great scientists, a brief introduction to relativity, and a potted history of the first world war. But it is punchy and well-written, and full of signposts for readers who might want to delve more deeply into the fascinating subjects it explores.”
—The Economist
“Einstein’s War” is simultaneously a brisk biography of two great scientists, a brief introduction to relativity and a potted history of the first world war
ECONOMIST.COM
The entwined lives of Albert Einstein and Arthur Eddington
‘Detailed and readable…It is especially revealing about Einstein’s scientific work and private life leading up to the momentous events of 1919.’
—Nature
"Lively chronicle of the development, spread and ultimate acceptance of general relativity.'
—The Wall Street Journal
“Fast moving and engaging.”
—New York Journal of Books
“Fans of popular science, Einstein, physics, and World War I will find this to be entertaining and informative.”
—Library Journal
“[Stanley] skillfully interweaves the lives on Einstein and Eddington into a readable narrative.”
—Science
“[Stanley] succeeds in wrapping up the global, national and scientific politics of an era in a compelling story of one man’s wild theory, lucidly sketched, and its experimental confirmation in the unlikeliest and most exotic circumstances.”
—Spectator
“This beautifully written, moving account captures the heady thrills and crushing setbacks of one of the great intellectual adventures of modern times.”
—David Kaiser, MIT, author of How the Hippies Saved Physics
“Profoundly absorbing… One of the greatest epics of scientific history—the grueling intellectual labor of Albert Einstein in Berlin, on one side of the dividing line that the First World War had drawn across Europe… and, on the other side of it, the efforts of Arthur Eddington in Cambridge, one of Einstein’s few supporters... It was Eddington’s achievement that at last established Einstein’s for the world at large; and all this… amidst the intellectual indifference and near-universal xenophobia of their fellow-scientists on both sides. An amazing story.”
—Michael Frayn, author of the Tony Award winning play Copenhagen
“Einstein, at 35, was living and working in the heart of Berlin when the guns of World War I began firing. The bloody, seemingly endless conflict provoked everything he detested: violence, nationalism, and the herd-thinking that drove individuals into nothing. Matt Stanley gives us the scientist-philosopher and activist during these bloody years, tacking back and forth so effectively between the development of general relativity, plans to test it, and the lopsided battle Einstein fought with the majority of German intellectuals who lined up happily behind the battle lines. A great read about Einstein and the War that Made More Wars.”
—Peter Galison, Harvard University, author of Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps
“Even if you know a lot about the history of relativity -- even if you know the old stories about Sir Arthur Eddington's voyage in 1919 to try to prove Albert Einstein's theories correct -- you probably haven't pondered just how unlikely the Einstein/Eddington pairing really was. At a time where the mere hint of fraternization with the enemy could land you in jail as a spy, a Briton embraced the ideas of an enemy scientist, and helped launch the legend of arguably the greatest physicist of modern times. A fascinating story.”
—Charles Seife, author of Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
“How an obscure German physicist became the first superstar of science… Stanley lets us share that excitement a hundred years later in this entertaining and gripping book. It’s a must read if you ever wondered how Einstein became ‘Einstein’.”
—Manjit Kumar, author of Quantum
About the Author
Matthew Stanley is a professor of the history of science at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He holds degrees in history, astronomy, physics, and religion. He has published two academic books and has written for Physics Today, Physics World, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He explains physics to non-scientists in his podcast What the If?!? and has appeared in documentaries on the History Channel, BBC, and NPR. Einstein's War is his first trade book.
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