The first publication of Albert Einstein’s travel diary to the Far
East and Middle East In the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, along with
his then-wife, Elsa Einstein, embarked on a five-and-a-half-month
voyage to the Far East and Middle East, regions that the renowned
physicist had never visited before. Einstein's lengthy itinerary
consisted of stops in Hong Kong and Singapore, two brief stays in
China, a six-week whirlwind lecture tour of Japan, a twelve-day tour
of Palestine, and a three-week visit to Spain. This handsome edition
makes available, for the first time, the complete journal that
Einstein kept on this momentous journey. The telegraphic-style diary
entries--quirky, succinct, and at times irreverent—record Einstein's
musings on science, philosophy, art, and politics, as well as his
immediate impressions and broader thoughts on such events as his
inaugural lecture at the future site of the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem, a garden party hosted by the Japanese Empress, an audience
with the King of Spain, and meetings with other prominent colleagues
and statesmen. Entries also contain passages that reveal Einstein's
stereotyping of members of various nations and raise questions about
his attitudes on race. This beautiful edition features stunning
facsimiles of the diary's pages, accompanied by an English
translation, an extensive historical introduction, numerous
illustrations, and annotations. Supplementary materials include
letters, postcards, speeches, and articles, a map of the voyage, a
chronology, a bibliography, and an index. Einstein would go on to
keep a journal for all succeeding trips abroad, and this first volume
of his travel diaries offers an initial, intimate glimpse into a
brilliant mind encountering the great, wide world.
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9781400889952
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2018
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Princeton University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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