The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein
：The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922 - 1923
Publication subTitle ：The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922 - 1923
Author： Einstein Albert;Rosenkranz Zeev
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2018
E-ISBN: 9781400889952
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691174419
Subject： K81 Biography;K82 China;N09 History
Keyword： 自然科学史,中国人物传记,传记
Language： ENG
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Description
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
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