Otto henry bacher biography of albert einstein
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From the Classroom to Washington: Einsteins on Education Reform
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
Hughes, Kent H., Ed.; Byers, Elizabeth A., Ed.
2010-01-01
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was delighted to host a group of current and former AlbertEinstein Distinguished Educator Fellows as they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fellowship program. Outstanding math and science teachers in America's K-12 schools, the Einstein Fellows spend a year (or sometimes two) working on…
Einstein: His Impact on Accelerators; His Impact on theWorld
DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)
Sessler, A.
2005-07-30
The impact of the work of AlbertEinstein on accelerator physics is described. Because of the limit of time, and also because the audience knows the details, the impact is described in broad strokes. Nevertheless, it is seen how his work has affected many different aspects of accelerator physics. In the second half of the talk, AlbertEinstein's impact on the world will be discussed; namely his work on world peace (including his role as a pacifist, in the atomic bomb, and in arms control) and his efforts as a humanitarian (including his efforts on social justice, anti-racism, and civilmore » rights).« less
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Einstein's First Tree Toward Popular Relativity: Gedanken Experiments explode Axiomatics
NASA Astrophysics Data Structure (ADS)
Miller, A. I.
1999-03-01
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Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
Einstein's committee of atomic scientists
The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) was founded by Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd in May, 1946, primarily as a fundraising and policy-making agency.[1] Its aims were to warn the public of the dangers associated with the development of nuclear weapons, promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and ultimately work towards world peace, which was seen as the only way that nuclear weapons would not be used again.[2]
History
[edit]The Committee was established in the wake of the "Szilárd petition" (July 1945) to United States presidentHarry S. Truman opposing the use of the atomic bomb on moral grounds, which was signed by 70 scientists who had worked on the Manhattan Project. A majority of scientists working on the Manhattan Project did not know entirely what they were creating at the time.
Einstein called on seven other atomic scientists to join the effort, including Linus Pauling, R.F. Bacher, Hans A. Bethe, Edward U. Condon, Thorfin R. Hogness, Harold C. Urey, and V.F. Weisskopf.[2][3] They were later joined by Selig Hecht, Harrison Brown, and H.J. Mueller.[2]
Board of Trustees
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