Einstein from "B" to "Z" (Einstein Studies)

John Stachel, the author of this collection of 37 published and unpublished articles on Albert Einstein, has written about Einstein and his work for over 40 years. Trained as a theoretical physicist specializing in the theory of relativity, he was chosen as the founding editor of The Collected papers of Albert Einstein 25 years ago, and is currently Director of the Boston University Center for Einstein Studies. Based on a detailed study of documentary evidence, much of which was newly discovered in the course of his work, Stachel debunks many of the old (and some new) myths about Einstein and offers novel insight into his life and work. Throughout the volume, a new, more human picture of Einstein is offered to replace the plaster saint of popular legend. In particular, a youthful Einstein emerges from the obscurity that previously shrouded his early years, and much new light is shed on the origins of the special and general theories of relativity. Also discussed in some detail are Einstein's troubled relationship with his first wife, his friendships with other physicists such as Eddington, Bose, and Pauli, and his Jewish identity. The essays are grouped thematically into the following * The Human Side * Editing the Einstein Papers * Surveys of Einstein's Work * Special Relativity * General Relativity * Quantum Theory * Einstein and Other Scientists * Book Reviews Because the essays are independent of one another, readers will be able to dip into this collection to satisfy varying interests. It will be of particular interest to historians of 20th century science, working physicists, and students, as well as to the many members of the general reading public who continue to be fascinated by aspects of Einstein's life and work. Machine generated contents note: I The Human Side1 Albert Einstein: The Man Beyond the Myth3 Albert Einstein13 Albert Einstein: (1879-1955)19 The Young Einstein: Poetry and Truth21 Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric: A Collaboration that Failed to Develop39 Einstein's Jewish Identity57 Einstein on Civil Liberty85 Einstein and the "Research Passion"87 II Editing the Einstein Papers95 "A Man of My Type" - Editing the Einstein Papers97 Introduction to the Guide to the Duplicate Einstein Archive and Control Index113 III Surveys of Einstein's Work119 Introduction to Einstein: The Formative Years121 The Other Einstein: Einstein Contra Field Theory141 IV Special Relativity155 "What Song the Syrens Sang": How Did Einstein Discover Special Relativity?157 Einstein and Ether Drift Experiments171 Einstein and Michelson: The Context of Discovery and the Context of Justification177 Einstein on the Theory of Relativity191 Einstein's First Derivation of Mass-Energy Equivalence (with Roberto Toretti)215 V General Relativity223 Einstein's Odyssey: His Journey from Special to General Relativity. 225 The Genesis of General Relativity233 The Rigidly Rotating Disk as the "Missing Link" in the History of General Relativity245 The First Two Acts261 How Einstein Discovered General Relativity: A Historical Tale with Some Contemporary Morals293 Einstein's Search for General Covariance, 1912-1915301 Belated Decision in the Hilbert-Einstein Priority Dispute (with Leo Corry and Jiirgen Renn)339 The Origin of Gravitational Lensing: A Postscript to Einstein's 1936 Science Paper (with Jiirgen Renn and Tilman Sauer)347 New Light on the Einstein-Hilbert Priority Question353 VI Quantum Theory365 Einstein and the Quantum: Fifty Years of Struggle367 Einstein and Quantum Mechanics403 Einstein's Light-Quantum Hypothesis, or Why Didn't Einstein Propose a Quantum Gas a Decade-and-a-Half Earlier427 VII Einstein and Others445 Einstein and Newton447 Eddington and Einstein453 Einstein and Infeld: Seen through their Correspondence477 Lanczos's Early Contributions to Relativity and His Relationship with Einstein499 Einstein and Bose519 Einstein and 'Zweistein'539 VIII Book Reviews549 'Subtle is the Lord' The Science and Life of Albert Einstein by Abraham Pais551 Albert Einstein: A Biography by Albert F61sing555. John Stachel, the author of this collection of 37 published and unpublished articles on Albert Einstein, has written about Einstein and his work for over 40 years. Trained as a theoretical physicist specializing in the theory of relativity, he was chosen as the founding editor of The Collected papers of Albert Einstein 25 years ago, and is currently Director of the Boston University Center for Einstein Studies.Based on a detailed study of documentary evidence, much of which was newly discovered in the course of his work, Stachel debunks many of the old (and some new) myths about Einstein and offers novel insight into his life and work. Throughout the volume, a new, more human picture of Einstein is offered to replace the plaster saint of popular legend. In particular, a youthful Einstein emerges from the obscurity that previously shrouded his early years, and much new light is shed on the origins of the special and general theories of relativity. Also discussed in some detail are Einstein's troubled relationship with his first wife, his friendships with other physicists such as Eddington, Bose, and Pauli, and his Jewish identity. The essays are grouped thematically into the following areas: *The Human Side *Editing the Einstein Papers *Surveys of Einstein's Work *Special Relativity *General Relativity *Quantum Theory *Einstein and Other Scientists *Book Reviews Because the essays are independent of one another, readers will be able to dip into this collection to satisfy varying interests. It will be of particular interest to historians of 20th century science, working physicists, and students, as well as to the many members of the general reading public who continue to be fascinated by aspects of Einstein's life and work. "John Stachel, the author of this collection of 37 published and unpublished articles on Albert Einstein, has written about Einstein and his work for over 40 years. Trained as a theoretical physicist specializing in the theory of relativity, he was chosen as the founding editor of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein 25 years ago, and is currently Director of the Boston University Center for Einstein Studies.". "Based on a detailed study of documentary evidence, much of which was newly discovered in the course of his work, Stachel debunks many of the old (and some new) myths about Einstein and offers novel insight into his life and work. Throughout the volume, a new, more human picture of Einstein is offered to replace the plaster saint of popular legend. In particular, a youthful Einstein emerges from the obscurity that previously shrouded his early years, and much new light is shed on the origins of the special and general theories of relativity. Also discussed in some detail are Einstein's troubled relationship with his first wife, his friendships with other physicists such as Eddington, Bose, and Pauli, and his Jewish identity."--BOOK JACKET. The chairman of the Center for Einstein Studies at Boston University presents a unique collection of published and unpublished papers on Albert Einstein. The articles offer a coherent picture of the new view of Einstein, based on recent documentation and the studies of Einstein's formative years. 20 illus.