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Albert Meets America : How Journalists Treated Genius During Einstein's 1921 Travels.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (366 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801891663
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Albert Meets AmericaDDC classification:
  • 530.092
LOC classification:
  • QC16.E5 -- A68 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Antecedents -- 2 To Visit America (February 21-April 1) -- 3 Prof. Einstein Here (New York, April 2-3) -- 4 City's Welcome (April 5) -- 5 Freedom of City Is Refused (April 5) -- 6 Freedom of the City Is Given (April 8) -- 7 Fervid Reception (April 10-12) -- 8 Demonstrates with Chalk (April 15-18) -- 9 Defines the Speed of Light (April 18-23) -- 10 Puzzles Harding (Washington, April 25-26) -- 11 Speaks for Proposed Zionist University (New York, April 27-May 1) -- 12 Baffled in Chicago (May 2-8) -- 13 Princeton Hears Einstein Explain (May 9-14) -- 14 Sees Boston (May 17-18) -- 15 Push Hebrew Medical Work (New York, May 19-21) -- 16 Coming to Hartford (May 22) -- 17 Professor Einstein and the Hat (New York, May 23) -- 18 To Be in Cleveland (May 25-26) -- 19 To Greet Einstein (Philadelphia, May 29) -- 20 Sails Today (New York, May 30) -- 21 Aftermath (Berlin, June 27-August 24) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: This exciting collection gives readers an intimate glimpse into the life of one of the world's first modern celebrities and a unique understanding of the media's power over both its subject and its audience.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Antecedents -- 2 To Visit America (February 21-April 1) -- 3 Prof. Einstein Here (New York, April 2-3) -- 4 City's Welcome (April 5) -- 5 Freedom of City Is Refused (April 5) -- 6 Freedom of the City Is Given (April 8) -- 7 Fervid Reception (April 10-12) -- 8 Demonstrates with Chalk (April 15-18) -- 9 Defines the Speed of Light (April 18-23) -- 10 Puzzles Harding (Washington, April 25-26) -- 11 Speaks for Proposed Zionist University (New York, April 27-May 1) -- 12 Baffled in Chicago (May 2-8) -- 13 Princeton Hears Einstein Explain (May 9-14) -- 14 Sees Boston (May 17-18) -- 15 Push Hebrew Medical Work (New York, May 19-21) -- 16 Coming to Hartford (May 22) -- 17 Professor Einstein and the Hat (New York, May 23) -- 18 To Be in Cleveland (May 25-26) -- 19 To Greet Einstein (Philadelphia, May 29) -- 20 Sails Today (New York, May 30) -- 21 Aftermath (Berlin, June 27-August 24) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.

This exciting collection gives readers an intimate glimpse into the life of one of the world's first modern celebrities and a unique understanding of the media's power over both its subject and its audience.

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