Einstein's Jewish science: physics at the intersection of politics and religion

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2012)
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Introduction : Einstein's Jewish science -- Is Einstein a Jew? -- Is relativity pregnant with Jewish concepts? -- Why did a Jew formulate the theory of relativity? -- Is the theory of relativity political science or scientific politics? -- Einstein and the Jewish intelligentsia -- Einstein's liberal science? -- Conclusion : Einstein's cosmopolitan science.

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QC173.55.G55 2012

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