The born-Einstein letters: friendship, politics, and physics in uncertain times Born, Max

By:

Born, Max

Contributor(s):

Born, Irene [Translator]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Macmillan 2005Description: xxxviii, 235 pISBN:

9781403944962

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

530.092 B6B6

Summary: The correspondence of Albert Einstein and Max Born will provoke the greatest interest, both among men of science and a far wider public. Not only are they among the most eminent of scientists, but they had wide interests and an uncommon awareness of the social responsibility of the scientist. These letters record their hopes and anxieties about war and peace, their private thoughts about the progress of their work and that of colleagues and much that will prove invaluable source material in the history of science. Something of the nobility of their lives is also revealed. Both men were brilliant, humble, and completely without fear in their public utterances. In an age of mediocrity and moral pygmies, their lives shine with an intense beauty. Something of this is reflected in their correspondence and the world is richer for its publication. (http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/BornEinstein-Letters-19161955/?K=9781403944962)

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The correspondence of Albert Einstein and Max Born will provoke the greatest interest, both among men of science and a far wider public. Not only are they among the most eminent of scientists, but they had wide interests and an uncommon awareness of the social responsibility of the scientist.
These letters record their hopes and anxieties about war and peace, their private thoughts about the progress of their work and that of colleagues and much that will prove invaluable source material in the history of science.
Something of the nobility of their lives is also revealed. Both men were brilliant, humble, and completely without fear in their public utterances. In an age of mediocrity and moral pygmies, their lives shine with an intense beauty. Something of this is reflected in their correspondence and the world is richer for its publication.

(http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/BornEinstein-Letters-19161955/?K=9781403944962)

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