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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gordin, Michael D. (1974-....)
Titre(s) : Einstein in Bohemia [Texte imprimé] / Michael D. Gordin
Publication : Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton university press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-343 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"Though Einstein is undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the history of
modern science, he was in many respects marginal. Despite being one of the creators
of quantum theory, he remained skeptical of it, and his major research program while
in Princeton--the quest for a unified field--ultimately failed. In this book, Michael
Gordin explores this paradox in Einstein's life by concentrating on a brief and often
overlooked interlude: his tenure as professor of physics in Prague, from April of
1911 to the summer of 1912. Though often dismissed by biographers and scholars, it
was a crucial year for Einstein both personally and scientifically: his marriage deteriorated,
he began thinking seriously about his Jewish identity for the first time, he attempted
a new explanation for gravitation-which though it failed had a significant impact
on his later work-and he met numerous individuals, including Max Brod, Hugo Bergmann,
Philipp Frank, and Arnošt Kolman, who would continue to influence him. In a kind
of double-biography of the figure and the city, this book links Prague and Einstein
together. Like the man, the city exhibits the same paradox of being both central and
marginal to the main contours of European history. It was to become the capital of
the Czech Republic but it was always, compared to Vienna and Budapest, less central
in the Habsburg Empire. Moreover, it was home to a lively Germanophone intellectual
and artistic scene, thought the vast majority of its population spoke only Czech.
By emphasizing the marginality and the centrality of both Einstein and Prague, Gordin
sheds new light both on Einstein's life and career and on the intellectual and scientific
life of the city in the early twentieth century"
Sujet(s) : Einstein, Albert (1879-1955) -- Résidences et lieux familiers -- Bohême (République tchèque)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
530.092 (23e éd.) = Physique - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0691177376. - ISBN 9780691177373 (rel.). - ISBN 9780691203829. - ISBN 0691203822.
- ISBN 9780691199849 (eBook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47084832w
Notice n° :
FRBNF47084832
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Table des matières : Introduction : a spacetime interval ; First and second place ; The speed of light
; Anti-Prague ; Einstein positive and Einstein negative ; The hidden Kepler ; Out
of Josefov ; From revolution to normalization ; Conclusion : Princeton, Tel Aviv,
Prague.
