China and Albert Einstein [[electronic resource] ] : the reception of the physicist and his theory in China 1917-1979 / / Danian Hu

• Autore: Hu Danian <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.11/0951
• Soggetto topico: Relativity (Physics)
• Soggetto geografico: China History May Fourth movement, 1919
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: China and Albert Einstein
• ISBN: 0-674-03888-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454959803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II