Albert Einstein - Physicist, Philosopher, Humanitarian

Guidebook for a 24-lecture set. from: The Teaching Company / www.thegreatcourses.com The original .PDF file was bookmarked and resaved under Acrobat X. Albert Einstein - front cover Copyright © 2008 Don Howard, Ph. D. - info Table of Contents Course Scope (p. 1) Lecture 1 of 24 - The Precocious Young Einstein (p. 3) Lecture 2 of 24 - The Development of the Young Physicist (p. 7) Lecture 3 of 24 - The Birth of the Quantum Hypothesis (p. 11) Lecture 4 of 24 - Background to Special Relativity (p. 16) Lecture 5 of 24 - Essentials of Special Relativity (p. 20) Lecture 6 of 24 - From Bern to Berlin (p. 26) Lecture 7 of 24 - Background to General Relativity (p. 30) Lecture 8 of 24 - Essentials of General Relativity (p. 34) Lecture 9 of 24 - From Berlin to Princeton (p. 38) Lecture 10 of 24 - Philosophical Challenge of the New Physics (p. 42) Lecture 11 of 24 - Einstein’s Philosophy of Science (p. 47) Lecture 12 of 24 - Zionism, Pacifism, and Internationalism (p. 51) Lecture 13 of 24 - Einstein the Inventor and Musician (p. 55) Lecture 14 of 24 - On the Road to the New Quantum Mechanics (p. 58) Lecture 15 of 24 - Quantum Mechanics and Controversy (p. 63) Lecture 16 of 24 - Einstein in Princeton —The Lonely Quest (p. 68) Lecture 17 of 24 - Is Quantum Mechanics Complete? (p. 72) Lecture 18 of 24 - The Expanding Universe (p. 77) Lecture 19 of 24 - Einstein and the Bomb —Science Politicized (p. 81) Lecture 20 of 24 - From the Manhattan Project to the Cold War (p. 85) Lecture 21 of 24 - A Lifelong Commitment to Social Justice (p. 90) Lecture 22 of 24 - Cosmic Religion and Jewish Identity (p. 94) Lecture 23 of 24 - Einstein and Modernity (p. 98) Lecture 24 of 24 - The Sage of Princeton —Einstein the Icon (p. 103) Timeline (p. 107) Glossary (p. 125) Biographical Notes (p. 150) Bibliography (p. 172)