Einstein on the Road

by Eisinger, Josef

ISBN13:

9781616144609

ISBN10:

1616144602

Format:

Hardcover

Pub. Date:

9/20/2011

Publisher(s):

Prometheus Books

Other versions by this Author

List Price: ~~$25.00~~

Rent Book

(Recommended)

Term

Due

Price

Short Term

Aug 2

$13.75

Semester

Oct 1

$16.25

Quarter

Aug 22

$15.00

$13.75

Buy Used Book

In Stock Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours

$16.75

Buy New Book

In Stock Usually Ships in 24 Hours

$21.25

eBook

We're Sorry
Not Available

More New and Used
from Private Sellers

Starting at $4.31

Questions About This Book?

Why should I rent this book?

Renting is easy, fast, and cheap! Renting from eCampus.com can save you hundreds of dollars compared to the cost of new or used books each semester. At the end of the semester, simply ship the book back to us with a free UPS shipping label! No need to worry about selling it back.

How do rental returns work?

Returning books is as easy as possible. As your rental due date approaches, we will email you several courtesy reminders. When you are ready to return, you can print a free UPS shipping label from our website at any time. Then, just return the book to your UPS driver or any staffed UPS location. You can even use the same box we shipped it in!

What version or edition is this?

This is the edition with a publication date of 9/20/2011.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any CDs, lab manuals, study guides, etc.
The Used copy of this book is not guaranteed to inclue any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included.
The Rental copy of this book is not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. You may receive a brand new copy, but typically, only the book itself.

Summary

Between 1922-33, Einstein kept travel diaries, in which he recorded his impressions of people and events, and his musings on everything from music and politics to quantum mechanics and psychoanalyst and they are the basis for this personal portrait.

Foreword	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. xxv
Timeline	p. xxix
Setting the Stage	p. 1
Background: Wilhelmine Berlin and the Rush to War	p. 2
Before Berlin (1879-1914)	p. 4
In Berlin: War and Its Aftermath (1914-1922)	p. 12
First Visit to America (1921)	p. 15
A Dinner at the Einsteins'	p. 17
Journey to the Far East (1922)	p. 21
Getting Away	p. 21
Sea Voyage to the East	p. 23
Colombo and Singapore	p. 26
Hong Kong and Shanghai	p. 31
Kobe, Kyoto, and Tokyo	p. 34
Sendai, Nikko, and Nagoya	p. 41
Kyoto and Osaka	p. 43
Farewell to Japan: Miyajima, Fukuoka, and Moji	p. 46
Homeward Bound: Palestine and Spain (1923)	p. 51
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Colombo, Revisited	p. 51
Palestine	p. 8
On the Road Again	p. 66
Spain	p. 67
South America (1925)	p. 73
Back at Home	p. 73
At Sea Again	p. 74
Argentina	p. 78
Uruguay	p. 84
Brazil	p. 87
Back in Berlin	p. 91
Dinner with Count Kessler	p. 93
New York and Pasadena (1930-1931)	p. 95
Berlin 1925-1930	p. 95
Voyage to America	p. 99
Four Days in New York	p. 102
At Sea Again: Havana and Panama	p. 106
Pasadena	p. 109
Berlin and Oxford (1931)	p. 117
At Home in Berlin	p. 117
Oxford: College Life	p. 123
Musical Oxford	p. 126
Back to Reality	p. 131
Return to Pasadena (1931-1932)	p. 133
Across the Atlantic	p. 133
Panama and Honduras	p. 137
Pasadena Encore	p. 140
Oxford, Pasadena, and Last Days in Europe (1932-1933)	p. 149
Second Sojourn in Oxford	p. 150
At Sea Again	p. 153
Pasadena Once More	p. 156
Back to Europe	p. 160
Last Days in Europe	p. 162
Epilogue (1933-1955)	p. 167
Settled in Princeton	p. 167
Physics, the Bomb, and Politics	p. 169
Endgame	p. 172
Notes	p. 175
Select Bibliography	p. 211
Index	p. 213
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.