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Einstein in Spain - Relativity and the Recovery of Science (Hardcover)
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Einstein in Spain - Relativity and the Recovery of Science (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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From 1900 to 1924 Spain experienced a stage of vigorous academic
freedom and unfettered scientific inquiry that strikingly
contrasted with the repressive atmosphere of the periods before and
after. Thomas Glick explores this "recovery of science" by focusing
on the national discussion provoked by Einstein's trip to Spain in
1923. His visit stimulated a debate on the nature and social value
of science that was remarkable in a society so recently awakened to
the scientific role in the process of modernization. Einstein's
universal appeal created the unlikely occasion for a fascination
with science that cut across social classes and previously
established domains of discourse. The political Right, which in
other countries opposed relativity in the name of "traditional"
Newtonian science, backed the new theories with surprising
enthusiasm. Engineers, a politically conservative group,
contributed much of the rank-and-file support for Einstein;
physicians, who tended to the Left, also eagerly embraced his
ideas, as did a host of mutually antagonistic political groups,
including anarcho-syndicalists and bourgeois Catalan nationalists.
Professor Glick's analysis of this multidimensional scientific
forum provides an unusual amount of information on science in Spain
and an opportunity to contrast the Spaniards' reception of
Einstein's work and that of other nations during this historical
period. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library
uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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