02752nam 22006254a 450 991096245070332120200520144314.09780674038882067403888610.4159/9780674038882(CKB)1000000000786817(OCoLC)435542250(CaPaEBR)ebrary10314318(SSID)ssj0000121270(PQKBManifestationID)11143923(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121270(PQKBWorkID)10092861(PQKB)10358683(DE-B1597)457660(OCoLC)979629071(DE-B1597)9780674038882(Au-PeEL)EBL3300306(CaPaEBR)ebr10314318(OCoLC)923110471(MiAaPQ)EBC3300306(Perlego)1133490(EXLCZ)99100000000078681720040928d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChina and Albert Einstein the reception of the physicist and his theory in China 1917-1979 /Danian Hu1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press20051 online resource (272 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674015388 067401538X 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 Danian1962-1809897MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962450703321China and Albert Einstein4360912UNINA