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Author	Gimbel, Steven, 1968-
Title	Einstein's Jewish science : physics at the intersection of politics and religion / Steven Gimbel.
Publication Info.	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	530 G	IN LIBRARY

Description	viii, 245 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index.
Contents	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? -- Did relativity influence the Jewish intelligentsia? -- Einstein's liberal science? -- Conclusion : Einstein's cosmopolitan science.
Subject	Relativity (Physics) -- Philosophy.
	Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Philosophy.
	Jewish scientists.
Added Title	Physics at the intersection of politics and religion
ISBN	9781421405544 (hbk. : alk. paper)
	1421405547 (hbk. : alk. paper)
	9781421405759 (electronic)
	142140575X (electronic)

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