The Man Who Stalked Einstein
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The Man Who Stalked Einstein

How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of History

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eBook - ePub

The Man Who Stalked Einstein

How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of History

About this book

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. One of those enemies, Nobel Prize winner Philipp Lenard, spent a career trying to discredit him. Their story of conflict, pitting Germany's most widely celebrated Jew against the Nazi scientist who was to become Hitler's chief advisor on physics, had an impact far exceeding what the scientific community felt at the time. 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. The Man Who Stalked Einstein details the tense relationship between Einstein and Lenard, their ideas and actions, during the eventful period between World War I and World War II.

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Yes, you can access The Man Who Stalked Einstein by Bruce J. Hillman,Birgit Ertl-Wagner,Bernd C. Wagner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Science & Technology Biographies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Introduction
  3. A Note on the Differences between Lenard’s and Einstein’s Science
  4. Pyrrhic Victory
  5. The Heart of the Matter
  6. Familiarity Breeds Contempt
  7. An Interesting Evening Out
  8. A Disagreement between Gentlemen
  9. A Missed Opportunity
  10. Lenard in Stockholm
  11. Einstein versus the Small Popes in Uppsala
  12. Dangerous Choices
  13. Lenard and Hitler
  14. Deutsche Physik
  15. Academic Impurities
  16. Some Say by Fire, Others Ice
  17. Epilogue: Unapologetic Lives
  18. Bibliography
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Index
  21. About the Authors