Einstein Before Israel: Zionist Icon or Iconoclast? Hardcover - 2011
by Rosenkranz
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"Ze'ev Rosenkranz's careful and highly readable exploration of Einstein's encounters with his Jewish identity opens surprising windows not only into the life and mind of the twentieth century's most famous scientist, but also into the history of Zionism, the founding of Hebrew University, and the tumultuous history of British Palestine."--Michael Gordin, Princeton University
"Rosenkranz has written the definitive book on an extremely important part of Einstein's life and work, but one that is, curiously and sadly, given scant attention in the existing literature. Einstein Before Israel tells the story of Einstein's evolving relationship with the Zionist movement in a detailed and richly contextualized way. The Einstein who emerges from these pages is a complicated figure, part naïf and part sophisticated political actor."--Don Howard, University of Notre Dame
"Rosenkranz reveals an ambivalence in Einstein's struggles with his Jewish identity, and calls into question the frequent attribution to Einstein of a fervent Zionist ideology. The scholarship is impeccable. There really is nothing out there to compete with this book."--Robert Schulmann, coeditor of Einstein on Politics
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- Title Einstein Before Israel: Zionist Icon or Iconoclast?
- Author Rosenkranz
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition.
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
- Date 2011-05
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780691144122 / 0691144125
- Weight 2.21 lbs (1.00 kg)
- Dimensions 9.46 x 6.42 x 1.13 in (24.03 x 16.31 x 2.87 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Einstein, Albert, Zionism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010036902
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.540
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Citations
- Choice, 02/01/2012, Page 0
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