from Albert Einstein: The Miracle Mind by Tabatha Yeatts
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Einstein as a Victim of Bias
The Fascist National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party, led by Adolf Hitler, took power in Germany on January 30, 1933. That year, Nazis searched Einstein's old home, confiscated his belongings, and burned books that he had written. His photograph was posted in the official "Enemies of the State" book, with the caption reading, "Not yet hanged."
Sunday, May 4, 2008
To Be a Jew
To be a Jew...means, first of all, to acknowledge and follow in practice those fundamentals in humaneness laid down in the Bible -- fundamentals without which no sound and happy community can exist.
from a speech given in NYC in 1938, as cited by Devra Newberger Speregen in
Albert Einstein: The Jewish Man Behind the Theory
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice, and the desire for personal independence - these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my lucky stars that I belong to.
1934, as cited by Devra Newberger Speregen in
Albert Einstein: The Jewish Man Behind the Theory
Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We can not stand aside and let God do it.
1949. Einstein Archives. as cited by Devra Newberger Speregen in
Albert Einstein: The Jewish Man Behind the Theory
Albert Einstein Bibliography: Children and Young Adults (in progress)
Calaprice, Alice, ed. Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2002.
Deland, Maree Ferguson. Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2005
Lassieur, Allison. Albert Einstein: Genius of the Twentieth Century. NY: Franklin Watts, 2005.
Meltzer, Milton. Albert Einstein: A Biography. NY: Holiday House, 2008
Speregen, Devra Newberger. Albert Einstein: The Jewish Man Behind the Theory. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2006.
Wyborny, Shelia. Albert Einstein. Farmington Hills: KidHaven Press, 2003.
Yeatts, Tabatha. Albert Einstein: The Miracle Mind. New York: Sterling Press, 2007
Deland, Maree Ferguson. Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2005
Lassieur, Allison. Albert Einstein: Genius of the Twentieth Century. NY: Franklin Watts, 2005.
Meltzer, Milton. Albert Einstein: A Biography. NY: Holiday House, 2008
Speregen, Devra Newberger. Albert Einstein: The Jewish Man Behind the Theory. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2006.
Wyborny, Shelia. Albert Einstein. Farmington Hills: KidHaven Press, 2003.
Yeatts, Tabatha. Albert Einstein: The Miracle Mind. New York: Sterling Press, 2007
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Einstein on Humanitarianism
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
As cited by Milton Meltzer in Albert Einstein: A Biography
...Einstein felt that scholars, including scientists, had a duty to work for the public good.
As cited by by Jess Brallier and Robert Andrew Parker in "Who Was Albert Einstein?"
Always the humanitarian, Albert spent much of his time in the United States helping those less fortunate than he....In 1931, while still living in Germany, he had joined an international protest to save the lives of eight African-Americans in Scottsboro, Alabama, who had been wrongly imprisoned.
from Albert Einstein: The Jewish Man Behind the Theory by Devra Newberger Speregen
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
As cited by Milton Meltzer in Albert Einstein: A Biography
...Einstein felt that scholars, including scientists, had a duty to work for the public good.
from Albert Einstein: The Miracle Mind by Tabatha Yeatts
Einstein on Authority
I'm thinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
At cited by by Jess Brallier and Robert Andrew Parker in Who Was Albert Einstein?
Einstein on the Struggle for Human Rights
The struggle for human rights is an eternal struggle in which a final victory can never be won. But to tire in that struggle would mean the ruin of society.
Princeton provided a safe location for Einstein -- away from Germany -- but it was not without its racial injustices. At that time. the university limited the number of Jewish students it would accept, and there were only two Jewish faculty members. African-Americans couldn't attend at all. Einstein became aware of these discriminations and set about to battle not only anti-Semitism, but all racism.
from a tape-recorded address to the Decalogue Society of Chicago, February 20, 1954, as cited in Einstein on Race and Racism by Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor
Princeton provided a safe location for Einstein -- away from Germany -- but it was not without its racial injustices. At that time. the university limited the number of Jewish students it would accept, and there were only two Jewish faculty members. African-Americans couldn't attend at all. Einstein became aware of these discriminations and set about to battle not only anti-Semitism, but all racism.
from Albert Einstein: The Miracle Mind by Tabatha Yeatts
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