Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist
(Volume VII, 1949)
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Like other volumes in this series, this one contains an autobiographical
statement by Einstein, essentially an intellectual biography characteristic of the man's
modesty; twenty-five essays, and concluding remarks on these essays by the central figure.
The list of contributors is studded with the names of illustrious physicists.
Albert Einstein: Autobiographical Notes
Arnold Sommerfeld: To Albert Einstein's Seventieth Birthday
Louis De Broglie: The Scientific Work of Albert Einstein
Ilse Rosenthal-Schneider: Presuppositions and Anticipations in Einstein's
Physics
Wolfgang Pauli: Einstein's Contributions to Quantum Theory
Max Born: Einstein's Statistical Theories
Walter Heitler: The Departure from Classical Thought in Modern Physics
Niels Bohr: Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic
Physics
H. Margenau: Einstein's Conception of Reality
Philipp G. Frank: Einstein, Mach, and Logical Positivism
Hans Reichenbach: The Philosophical Significance of the Theory of Relativity
H.P. Robertson: Geometry as a Branch of Physics
P.W. Bridgman: Einstein's Theories and the Operational Point of View
Victor F. Lenzen: Einstein's Theory of Knowledge
Filmer S.C. Northrop: Einstein's Conception of Science
E.A. Milne: Gravitation Without General Relativity
Georges Edward Lemaître: The Cosmological Constant
Karl Menger: Modern Geometry and the Theory of Relativity
Leopold Infeld: General Relativity and the Structure of Our Universe
Max von Laue: Inertia and Energy
Herbert Dingle: Scientific and Philosophical Implications of the Special
Theory of Relativity
Kurt Gödel: A Remark About the Relationship Between Relativity Theory and Idealistic Philosophy
Gaston Bachelard: The Philosophic Dialectic of the Concepts of Relativity
Aloys Wenzl: Einstein's Theory of Relativity Viewed from the Standpoint of
Critical Realism, and Its Significance for Philosophy
Andrew Paul Ushenko: Einstein's Influence on Contemporary Philosophy
Virgil Henshaw, Jr.: Einstein's Social Philosophy
Albert Einstein: Remarks to the Essays Appearing in this Collective Volume
Bibliography of the Writings of Albert Einstein (To May 1951)
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