Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times

Message-ID	<55EA01BD.5DF@ix.netcom.com> (permalink)
Date	2015-09-04 13:40 -0700
From	The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times
References	<l-2dnfu4sKW3QXTInZ2dnUU7-a-dnZ2d@giganews.com>

Show all headers | View raw

Sam Wormley wrote:
> 
> Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times
> > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/book-review-einstein-his-space-and-times/
> 
> > Einstein renounced religion at the age of 12, when he decided his
> > Jewish beliefs were incompatible with the analytical mind-set of his
> > truer devotion, science. Yet the world never stopped seeing him as a
> > Jew, and over time he became a champion for his oppressed people and
> > a supporter of the Zionist cause. “Einstein had alienated himself
> > from the larger Jewish community, but the times forced him to realize
> > that his heritage was an inalienable part of who he was,” writes
> > philosophy professor Gimbel in this look at Einstein's relationship
> > to Judaism and his political activism.
> 
> --
> 
> sci.physics is an unmoderated newsgroup dedicated
> to the discussion of physics, news from the physics
> community, and physics-related social issues.


Einstein was brought up in the Catholic religion, not the Jewish
religion.

Thread

Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 13:00 -0500
  Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 15:10 -0500
  Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-04 13:40 -0700
    Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-09-04 18:52 -0500
    Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-05 22:35 -0700
      Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-09-06 15:12 -0700
  Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 10:58 -0700
    Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-09-06 23:12 -0700
    Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-08 01:04 -0700
      Re: Book Review: Einstein: His Space and Times The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-09-08 22:52 -0700

csiph-web