The Myth of Simplicity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Einstein and the Shaping of Our Imagination vii
4. Historical Perspectives on Einstein's Scientific Contributions
5. The Special Relativity Theory: Einstein's Response to the Physics of 1905 3
6. The Quest for Unity: General Relativity and Unitary Field Theories 27
7. Fluctuations and Statistical Physics in Einstein's Early Work 39
8. Einstein and Quantum Physics 59
9. Reception of Einstein's Scientific Ideas
10. The Early Years of Relativity 79
11. Some Einstein Anomalies 91
12. The Reception of Einstein's Ideas: Two Examples from Contrasting Political Cultures 107
13. Einstein's Impact on Scholarship and Twentieth-Century Culture
14. Einstein and the Science of Language 139
15. Psychoanalytic Reflections on Einstein's Centenary 151
16. Relativity and Relativism 175
17. The Myth of Simplicity 205
18. Einstein and the Light of Reason 253
19. Einstein and Developments in the Jewish World
20. Einstein and Israel 281
21. On Einstein and the Presidency of Israel 293
22. Jewish and Universal Social Ethics in the Life and Thought of Albert Einstein 297
23. Einstein's Germany 319
24. Einstein and the Nuclear Age
25. Einstein and International Security 347
26. Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons 369
27. Working with Einstein: Reminiscences by Associates and Friends
28. Reminiscences 397
29. Reminiscences 401
30. Reminiscences 405
31. Musical and Personal Reminiscences of Albert Einstein 409
32. Reminiscences 417
33. Index of Names 425
34. Subject Index 431
35. Backmatter 440