The Man Who Stalked Einstein: How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of History
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (994 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1493010018 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. By the end of World War I, Albert Einstein had become the face of the new science of theoretical physics and had made some powerful enemies. Indeed, their mutual antagonism affected the direction of science long after 1933, when Einstein took flight to America and changed the history of two nations. Their story of conflict, pitting Germany’s most widely celebrated Jew against the Nazi scientist who was to become Hitler&r
Bruce J. Hillman, MD has distinguished himself as a health services researcher, clinical trialist, and author of both medical articles and short stories published in elite magazines and journals. . Dr. He was Deputy Editor of the online literary and humanities journal, Hospital Drive, and has published eight short stories in such journals as The Connecticut Review, Compass Rose,
Brilliant! Brilliant book!. Truth Stranger than Fiction Harry James Krebs, author of the Benjamin Tucker Novels THE MAN WHO STALKED EINSTEIN is the true story of the conflict between renowned scientists Philipp Lenard and Albert Einstein. The conflict was both professional and personal. Lenard, a brilliant physicist by his own right, allowed his arrogance to drive his anti-Semitic values to the point of destroying his objectivity. The result had far reaching effects, ending the promising careers of hundreds of talented persons of science. This is an example where education can be mistaken for. Great science read! Seth Wexler A fascinating look at pre WWII scientific circles surrounding Einstein and the personalities therein. I thought the politics behind the nobel laureates was fascinating. The book explained scientific theories in understandable language and allowed the reader to enter into the minds of these monumental personalities to discover their motives and personal baggage. I feel like a I know a piece of Einstein that wasn't previously explored. Great read for those interested in the personalit
This is a portrait of a man of indisputable talents who allowed himself to become obsessed with bringing down another brilliant man, who, Lenard believed, was passing off wild speculation as science. The book relies in part on original works in German, thanks to Birgit Ertl-Wagner and Bernd C. A deeply fascinating, deeply sad book that will be appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of modern science. What happened? In simple terms, hatred, paranoia, and bigotry are what happened. Hillman describes how, unable to prove the existence of the long-popular notion of 'ether,' in debt, and jealous of the attention paid Einstein, Lenard abandoned his early admiration of the younger man and escalated his ad hominem attacks on his fellow Nobel winner for more than 20 years. Wagner’s translations for Hillman, adding a new perspective to the st