Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
(see also)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
The Hidden Half-Life of Albert Einstein: Anti-Racism. Fred Jerome, Socialism & Democracy 18,2 (
Why Socialism? Monthly Review 1,1 (5/49).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
Simon, John J. "Albert Einstein, radical: A political profile," Monthly Review 57,1 (5/05):1-12.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Bernstein, Jeremy. Einstein (NY: Viking, 1973).
Clark, Ronald W. Einstein: The Life & Times (NY: Avon, 1984). Standard biography, with little mention of his politics.
Einstein, Albert with Leopold Infeld. The Evolution of Physics (NY: Free Press, 1967). Traces progression from Newtonian physics to modern quantum mechanics & relativity.
__________. The World As I See It (NY: Citadel, 1993).
__________. Out of My Later Years (NY: Gramercy, 1993).
__________. Ideas & Opinions (NY: Three Rivers, 1995).
Jerome, Fred. The Einstein File: J. Edgar Hoover's Secret War Against the World's Most Famous Scientist (NY: St. Martin's/Griffin, 2002).