Einstein - peace now! - Reiner Braun

'History of Knowledge', a new series at Wiley–VCH, features internationally acclaimed experts who add new perspectives to our history of knowledge, introducing readers to hitherto unknown worlds of research and its conflictual history.

Einstein was not only an extraordinary scientist, but also a convinced pacifist who faced his social and scientific responsibilities determinedly. The main focus of the present book is put on topical articles by more than ten Nobel Prize Laureates and Alternative Nobel Prize Laureates such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Walter Kohn, Joseph Rotblat, Alexander Ginzburg, Hans Bethe and Jack Steinberger. Other prominent scientists and those committed to peace, justice and citizens' engagement for peace and responsibility of science have also contributed to this unique collection of intellectual thoughts on Einstein's vision of peace. The book addresses a committed and concerned audience and was compiled to encourage and envision ways towards a more responsible and peaceful society.