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  Socialism Today - Einstein year
Einstein’s great strength was his ability to think through the physical basis of a problem before attempting to cast it into a theory.
Einstein’s worries were put aside with only a few scientists trying to cope with the contradictions he saw at the basis of quantum theory.
Einstein saw the inherent contradictions of the capitalist economic model: "The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil".
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  Albert Einstein - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Einstein began to form a generalized theory of gravitation with the universal law of gravitation and the electromagnetic force in his first attempt to demonstrate the unification and simplification of the fundamental forces.
Einstein was guided by the belief of a single statistical measure of variance for the entire set of physical laws and he investigated the similar properties of the electromagnetic and gravity forces, as they are infinite and obey the inverse-square law.
Einstein became increasingly isolated in his research over a generalized theory of gravitation (being characterized as a "mad scientist" in these endeavors) and was ultimately unsuccessful in his attempts at constructing a theory that would unify general relativity and quantum mechanics.
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 Albert Einstein on Socialism
As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own existence and that of those who are closest to him, to satisfy his personal desires, and to develop his innate abilities.
As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and affection of his fellow human beings, to share in their pleasures, to comfort them in their sorrows, and to improve their conditions of life.
Moreover, his position in society is such that the egotistical drives of his make-up are constantly being accentuated, while his social drives, which are by nature weaker, progressively deteriorate.
econc10.bu.edu /economic_systems/Theory/Famous/Einstein_on_socialism.htm   (1262 words)

  
 Albert Einstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Einstein divorced Mileva on February 14, 1919, and married his cousin Elsa Löwenthal (born Einstein: Löwenthal was the surname of her first husband, Max) on June 2, 1919.
Einstein himself was a great statistician, using statistical analysis in his works on Brownian motion and photoelectricity and in papers published before the miraculous year 1905; Einstein had even discovered Gibbs ensembles.He believed, however, that physical reality at the core reality behaved deterministically.
Einstein also assisted Erwin Schrödinger in the development of the quantum Boltzmann distribution, a mixed classical and quantum mechanical gas model although he realized that this was less significant than the Bose-Einstein model and declined to have his name included on the paper.
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 Socialism and the American Ideal, Einstein - Why Socialism?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Since the real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development, economic science in its present state can throw little light on the socialist society of the future.
As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and affection of his fellow human beings, to share in their pleasures, to comfort them in their sorrows, and to improve their conditions of life.
It is on this that those who are striving to improve the lot of man may ground their hopes: human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.
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 Sniegoski on Einstein the humanitarian
Einstein just assumes that everyone should accept his "lofty ethical idea." Notice that Einstein uses a standard to evaluate socialism that is totally different from the one he uses to evaluate traditional religion.
Einstein later exhibited reservations about the atomic bomb, but he never said he would have withheld his support if he had known that the German nuclear program was going nowhere.
Einstein was elated when Israel declared her independence in 1948, and he showed little concern that Israel slaughtered Palestinians, expelled them from Israel, and seized their property.
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 Articles - Albert Einstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Einstein himself was a great statistician, using statistical analysis in his works on Brownian motion and photoelectricity and in papers published before the miraculous year 1905; Einstein had even discovered Gibbs ensembles.
They also alleged that Einstein "was a member, sponsor, or affiliated with thirty-four communist fronts between 1937-1954" and "also served as honorary chairman for three communist organizations."[11] It should be noted that many of these documents were submitted to the FBI, mainly by civilian political groups, and not actually written by FBI officials.
Einstein bequeathed his estate, as well as the use of his image (see personality rights), to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[14] Einstein actively supported the university during his life and this support continues with the royalties received from licensing activities.
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 World Socialism, Now!
Unlike in Malthus's time, by now socialism was on the agenda and the Social Darwinists consciously directed their theories against the possibility and desirability of socialism.
He pointed out that it was not an accident that defenders of capitalist rule jumped at the idea that nature was a struggle for survival amongst ruthless individualists; this was a reflection of capitalist society and of the competition that went on amongst capitalists.
There was indeed, said Pannekoek, a sort of Social Darwinian struggle for existence going on within capitalist society but it was not between humans as individual biological units, with the most intelligent and the healthiest ending up on top and the weakest and the stupidest going to the wall.
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 Glossary of People Ei
Einstein published the highly readable Relativity: The Special and General Theory in 1916, written for the general public and without complex mathematics, and later published the The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity in which the approach he had developed in dealing with uniform motion was applied to accelerated motion.
Einstein continued to seek a resolution through a Unified Field Theory (the first attempt at which he published in 1929), and this kind of approach continues to this day though the terms have changed considerably.
Einstein never accepted that such an interpretation could be regarded as a complete description of a physical system, that events could be fundamentally without cause.
www.marxists.org /glossary/people/e/i.htm   (1757 words)

  
 The FBI's secret war against Albert Einstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Einstein, on Hitler's hit list as a brilliant Jewish scientist and anti-Nazi, arrived in the US just 18 days before the Nazis seized power but he almost didn't make it as the State Department attempted to block his visa based on allegations from a US far-right group that Einstein was a “communist”.
Einstein's support for the Lincoln Brigade, the US Communist Party-led American volunteer soldiers against the fascist Franco in the Spanish Civil War, was further “evidence” of Einstein's undesirablity to Hoover who had a deep empathy with the anti-Semitic and fascist off-shoots of the far-right.
Einstein was later to call his letter to the president his “one great mistake in my life” after the atomic bomb was used against Japan, a criminal act which Einstein saw as militarily unnecessary and politically motivated (to rush-end the Pacific war solely to intimidate the Soviet Union).
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 Why Socialism? (Albert Einstein) [Free Republic]
Einstein's social views seem to be quite close to the classical, 19th-early 20th century Marxist-Leninist dogma.
Socialism is more than just an economic system, it seems to me. It's also a philosophy, with its own assumptions regarding what and who people are, why they exist and where they are going after this life (if anywhere).
Alas, to his question: "Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism?" the folds and curves were circular, ending as usual for him in a self-indulgent affirmative.
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 Why Socialism?
But the personality that finally emerges is largely formed by the environment in which a man happens to find himself during his development, by the structure of society in which he grows up, by the tradition of that society, and by his appraisal of particular types of behavior.
The profit motif, in conjunction with competition amongst the capitalists, is wholly responsible for the instability in the accumulation and utilization of capital that leads to severe economic depressions.
The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him or her a sense of responsibility for his fellow men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present capitalist society.
www.northstarcompass.org /nsc0310/einstein.htm   (1600 words)

  
 Albert Einstein Online
Albert Einstein - Portraits of a Genius: the Jewish-American Hall of Fame's exhibit of 100 Einstein commemorative medals
Einstein's Unified Field Theory with Teleparallelism (Auf die Riemann-Metrik und den Fernparallelismus gegruendete einheitliche Feldtheorie); the English translation of Einstein's paper in Math.
Graphology Report on Einstein, in English and German, from the Graphology Center of Iceland.
www.westegg.com /einstein   (612 words)

  
 CSR - Einstein quotes
Since the real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development, economic science in its present state can throw little light on the socialist society of the future.
It is evident, therefore, that the dependence of the individual upon society is a fact of nature which cannot be abolished—just as in the case of ants and bees.
However, while the whole life process of ants and bees is fixed down to the smallest detail by rigid, hereditary instincts, the social pattern and interrelationships of human beings are very variable and susceptible to change.
www.changesurfer.com /eventhorizon/Einstein.html   (4039 words)

  
 Einstein | American Museum of Natural History
Although Einstein did not align himself with political parties-and was never a member of the Communist party-he did support many aspects of socialism.
For Einstein, socialism was the only way to protect the poor from the "evil" of capitalism.
At the same time, he criticized the Soviet Union's extreme form of socialism (Communism), warning that "a planned economy may be accompanied by the complete enslavement of the individual." The FBI, which secretly collected information about Einstein to document his radical political views, included this article in Einstein's extensive file.
www.amnh.org /exhibitions/einstein/global/popups/socialism.php   (256 words)

  
 +quot; Topic Albert Einstein _Why Socialism?_ +quot; +quot; Written 944 pm Oct 3, 1992 by
I believe for a number of reasons that it is. Let us first consider the question from the point of view of scientific knowledge.
The individual is able to think, feel, strive, and work by himself; but he depends so much upon society--in his physical, intellectual, and emotional existence--that it is impossible to think of him, or to understand him, outside the framework of society.
But he does not dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence.
www.skepticfiles.org /socialis/why_soc.htm   (2585 words)

  
 Albert Einstein: Why Socialism? :: Frontlines :: Newspaper of the Left
Only the existence of these varied, frequently conflicting, strivings accounts for the special character of a man, and their specific combination determines the extent to which an individual can achieve an inner equilibrium and can contribute to the well-being of society.
It is on this that those who are striving to improve the lot of man may ground their hopes: human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.
But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence.
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 Why Socialism? (Essay by Albert Einstein)
Born in Germany in 1879, Albert Einstein became the most famous scientist of the 20th Century.
He had been unsuccessful academically beforehand, and his controversial paper on relativity was rejected as a doctoral thesis - he had to submit his paper on Brownian motion instead.
Especially in his later years, Einstein was active in campaigning for peace.
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 Einstein on socialism
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He disapproved of the totalitarian socialist regimes in the Soviet Union and elsewhere; in the contemporary West, his position would probably be called social democratic.
- Albert Einstein, Monthly review, 1949-05 (original manuscript).
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 Einstein's Essay "Why Socialism?"
Most of us are familiar with Albert Einstein the great scientific thinker.
However, most may not be aware of his views on the subject of socialism.
The article, "Why Socialism?", is copyrighted by the Monthly Review, but you can view it at their web site by clicking here.
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 Albert Einstein's Socialism Essay - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board
I am doing a report on Einstein for a math project and came across this essay written by Einstein advocating solialism.
Thre is an Einstein bumper sticker on a car at work.
Socialism is like quinine when you're working in the jungle.
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 Why Socialism? by Albert Einstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on
As a social being, he seeks to gain the recognition and
his social drives, which are by nature weaker, progressively deteriorate.
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 albert einstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Albert Einstein: Why Socialism?
s it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism?
It is evident, therefore, that the dependence of the individual upon society is a fact of nature which cannot be abolished -- just as in the case of ants and bees.
Memory, the capacity to make combinations, the gift of oral communication have made possible developments among human beings which are dictated by biological necessities.
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 Vive le Canada - Why Socialism by Albert Einstein
Yet, Einstein's brilliance is also of value for people who have achieved little in terms of academia.
And I also agree with Einstein's explanation for that/this reality; that it's surely due to how we're socialised, well or poorly, from childhood, and onward - far more than it could be due to inherited genes.
It was obvious that Einstein had a serious social character when he cried after learning that the US government and military (ab)used the atomic theory in order to create Apocolyptic bombs; however, this article helps to illustrate his social interests/concerns ever more.
www.vivelecanada.ca /article.php?story=20040408100033188   (1395 words)

  
 socialism.htm
The great physicist Albert Einstein was a life-long socialist and anti-racist.
He was a feminist, a socialist, and a staunch critic of nuclear weapons and the U.S. invasion of Vietnam.
"The pioneers of Socialism, Anarchism, and Syndicalism, have, for the most part, experienced prison, exile, and poverty, deliberately incurred because they would not abandon their propaganda; and by this conduct they have shown that the hope which inspired them was not for themselves, but for mankind."
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 EINSTEIN DEFENDS SOCIALISM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yes, Einstein saw the inherent superior logic of a planned economy, and he went public.
All human beings, whatever their position in society, are suffering from this process of deterioration Unknowingly prisoners of their own egotism, they feel insecure, lonely, and deprived of the naive, simple, and unsophisticated en­joyment of life.
This article has been reprinted in Introduction to Socialism, by Leo Huberman and Paul Sweezy, of Columbia and Harvard Universities, Modern Reader Paperback, New York, 1968.
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 EINSTEIN DEFENDS SOCIALISM
In most instances they keep such enlightenment confined to an inner circle of friends.
Thus I have published articles by Epicurus, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Charles Van Doren, and twice by Einstein.
The profit motive, in conjunction with competition among capitalists, is respon­sible for instability in the accumulation and utilization of capital which leads to increasingly severe depressions.
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