Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Early Soviet Reception of Einstein's Theories 13
6. 2 The Scientific Community and the Theory of Relativity 36
7. 3 Early Stalinism and Einstein's Theory 56
8. 4 Stalinism After the War: The Climax of Marxist Attacks 89
9. 5 Turning Points 120
10. 6 Accommodations to Einstein's Theory of Knowledge 142
11. 7 Approaches to the General Theory of Relativity and Cosmology 157
12. 8 Einstein's Humanistic Influence 178
13. 9 Einstein in the Light of Perestroika 192
14. Conclusion 219
15. Notes 231
16. Glossary 255
17. References Cited 257
18. Index 285