Synopsis

Cassidy (natural science, Hofstra U.) traces the impact on society of the views and theories of physicist, essayist, and man of moral principles Albert Einstein (1879-1955). He looks at the scientific and cultural climate and his upbringing at the turn of the 20th century, the impact on physics of relativity and the quantum, relativity and the public, cultural resonances, and science and conscience. No date is noted for the first edition. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR