Product Description

IDEAS AND OPINIONS contains essays by eminent scientist Albert Einstein on subjects ranging from atomic energy, relativity, and religion to human rights, government, and economics. Previously published articles, speeches, and letters are gathered here to create a fascinating collection of meditations by one of the world's greatest minds.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27075 in Books
• Published on: 1988-12-12
• Released on: 1988-12-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Language Notes
Text: English, German (translation)

From the Inside Flap
IDEAS AND OPINIONS contains essays by eminent scientist Albert Einstein on subjects ranging from atomic energy, relativity, and religion to human rights, government, and economics. Previously published articles, speeches, and letters are gathered here to create a fascinating collection of meditations by one of the world's greatest minds.

From the Back Cover
"Ideas and Opinions reveals Albert
Einstein, perhaps the greatest scientist of all time, as a whole human being . . . a deeply moral and philosophical thinker, whose clarity in human affairs matched his clarity in science. . . .
Purity and inspiration shine through every page of this extraordinary book."

--Alan Lightman

Customer Reviews

fascinating
This is a great book to read on Einstein. It is a selection of papers and speeches taken over his lifetime (notably the first half of the twentieth century), grouped by subject matter (pacifism, the Jews, etc.). His language certainly advances in later years. The last section deals with his scientific works, where one can also see progression. One also sees him as a man of his times, commenting on institutions such as the League of Nations and the UN. Highly recommended.

wonderful reading
All my life I have heard wonderful things about the brilliance of Einstein. I had been told he was brilliant but complex and hard to understand - they were wrong. I am sure that trying to understand his equations would make the mind spin, but he wrote far more then just equations.

The writings here give real insight into the man - these are documents written by him for newspapers, interviews, and such. These show the man Einstein and his personal views from politics (and war) to his ideas of god. Its wonderful reading for anyone who wants to know more about him as a man beyond e=mc2.

The hobo Philosopher
At $5.99, I would say this book is for free. Albert Einstein says more in one sentence than other intelligent writers can say in 10 pages. There is so much thought in this book that it boggles the mind. As I read the book, I found myself doing more thinking than reading. After each line or paragraph, I would find myself laying the book in my lap and thinking about what Albert just said. There is not one essay in this book that does not have something important to say and think about. On occasion I cautioned myself that if I did not stop thinking on every line, it could be possible that I would never finish reading this book.And as I sit here now, I feel that I should go get it out of my library and read it once again. I am left with no doubt that Albert Einstein was a very good man. To say that he was very intelligent is silly. But he was not just intelligent in his pursuit of science. He was a very practical philosopher and social thinker. He was a moralist. His views of God and the universe are thought provoking.He is interesting on every level and on all subjects. There is no doubt about this one - this is a great book.