Albert Einstein : Historical and Cultural Perspectives

By Gerald Holton

Book Overview

Modesty, humor, compassion, and wisdom are the traits most evident in these personal papers, most of them never before published, from the Einstein archives. The illustrious physicist wrote as thoughtfully to an Ohio fifth-grader, distressed by her discovery that scientists classify humans as animals, as to a Colorado banker, who asked whether he believed in a personal God. Witty rhymes, and exchange about fine music with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism are but some of the highlights found in this rare, warm enriching book.

-- "Washington Post Book World"

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691082316
• ISBN13: 9780691082318
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.