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9%OFFJerome, Fred; Taylor, Rodger - Einstein on Race and Racism - 9780813539522 - V9780813539522
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Einstein on Race and Racism

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Description for Einstein on Race and Racism paperback. Presents a collection of writings by Einstein on the topic of race. This book tells how he spoke out vigorously against racism both in the United States and around the world. It brings attention to Einstein's antiracist public activities, and provides insight into antiracist struggles in America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Honorable Mention in the 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards

Nearly fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein remains one of America's foremost cultural icons. A thicket of materials, ranging from scholarly to popular, have been written, compiled, produced, and published about his life and his teachings. Among the ocean of Einsteinia-scientific monographs, biographies, anthologies, bibliographies, calendars, postcards, posters, and Hollywood films-however, there is a peculiar void when it comes to the connection that the brilliant scientist had with the African American community. Nowhere is there any mention of his close relationship with Paul Robeson, despite Einstein's close ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813539522
SKU
V9780813539522
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About Jerome, Fred; Taylor, Rodger
FRED JEROME is the author of The Einstein File: J. Edgar Hoover's Secret War against the World's Most Famous Scientist . A veteran journalist and science writer, his articles and op-ed pieces have appeared in dozens of publications, including Newsweek, Technology Review, and The New York Times. He has taught journalism at Columbia Journalism School, New York University, and numerous ... Read more

Reviews for Einstein on Race and Racism
"While Albert Einstein is most famous for his theory of relativity, he held fervently to some moral absolutes, few more precious than his heroic and passionate anti-racist writing and activism. Einstein on Race and Racism brilliantly recovers the engaging, principled, and courageous views of one of history's most famous scientists, whose anti-racist writings have been ignored, overlooked, even hidden from ... Read more

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