Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion

by Steven Gimbel

Book Overview

Finalist for the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award of the Jewish Book Council

Is relativity Jewish? The Nazis denigrated Albert Einstein's revolutionary theory by calling it "Jewish science," a charge typical of the ideological excesses of Hitler and his followers. Philosopher of science Steven Gimbel explores the many meanings of this provocative phrase and considers whether there is any sense in which Einstein's theory of relativity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421405547
• ISBN13: 9781421405544
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher