02667nam 22005774a 450 991077818930332120230616235615.00-674-03888-610.4159/9780674038882(CKB)1000000000786817(OCoLC)435542250(CaPaEBR)ebrary10314318(SSID)ssj0000121270(PQKBManifestationID)11143923(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121270(PQKBWorkID)10092861(PQKB)10358683(MiAaPQ)EBC3300306(DE-B1597)457660(OCoLC)979629071(DE-B1597)9780674038882(Au-PeEL)EBL3300306(CaPaEBR)ebr10314318(OCoLC)923110471(EXLCZ)99100000000078681720040928d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChina and Albert Einstein[electronic resource] the reception of the physicist and his theory in China 1917-1979 /Danian HuCambridge, MA Harvard University Press20051 online resource (272 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-01538-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- 1. Western Physics Comes to China -- 2. China Embraces the Theory of Relativity -- 3. Six Pioneers of Relativity -- 4. From Eminent Physicist to the "Poor Philosopher" -- 5. Einstein: A Hero Reborn from the Criticism -- Epilogue -- Notes -- IndexThis is the first extensive study in English or Chinese of China's reception of the celebrated physicist and his theory of relativity. In a series of biographical studies of Chinese physicists, Hu describes the Chinese assimilation of relativity and explains how Chinese physicists offered arguments and theories of their own. Hu's account concludes with the troubling story of the fate of foreign ideas such as Einstein's in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), when the theory of relativity was denigrated along with Einstein's ideas on democracy and world peace.Relativity (Physics)ChinaHistoryMay Fourth movement, 1919Relativity (Physics)530.11/0951Hu Danian1962-1474212MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778189303321China and Albert Einstein3687769UNINA