Science and Scientists Are More Political than We Imagine

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Albert Einstein is renowned for his mathematical and scientific brilliance. What is less well known is how World War I nearly prevented Einstein's name from being eternally immortalized as one of history's great physicists. According to author Matthew Stanley, No Man's Land split the Allies, the Central Powers, and the scientific community. Among Einstein's colleagues were several allies, including the United Kingdom. Nationalism and bigotry kept German-speaking scientists out of the English-speaking world during and after WWII, and both had to be overcome in order to demonstrate Albert Einstein's greatness. This book covers the lives of both Einstein and Eddington during WWI. It gives a detailed picture of the suffering and waste created by the war. It also highlights the problems of scientists who wanted to work together across national boundaries. Therefore, the book focuses on the impact of war on Einstein and others, trying to convince people that science and scientists are more political than we imagine.
Scientists turned to nuclear fission as a weapon after Einstein's famous equation E = mc2 fundamentally transformed scientific knowledge. The writer, on the other hand, does not go into great detail about his theory or its application in the war. Despite Einstein's little role in the theory, design, and detonation of the first two nuclear bombs, the public views him as the genius who determined World War II's result. When people see the book's title, they are immediately reminded of the Second World War. This, however, is not the case. The novel was set during World War I, when Albert Einstein released his theory of general relativity in war - time Germany, and how Arthur Eddington, a pacifist British physicist, organized a global quest to check the theory coming from an enemy country. It pays homage to the worldwide spirit of science that transcends national borders and soars above the ruling elite' provincial politics. It also serves as a cautionary tale, recounting the experiences of numerous other scientists who succumbed to popular sentiment and devised gadgets to murder enemy soldiers and civilians.
The book, as the title suggests, is about following the evolution of relativity from thought experiments through radical conceptions to scientific validation. It utilizes a dual-track narrative, switching chapters and parts to describe Albert Einstein's and Arthur Eddington's lives and work. Eddington's contribution to identifying Einstein's genius is crucial. In a British context, he labored against all obstacles. He declined to participate in the Great War because he was a Quaker. The British government rounded up all males of fighting age, regardless of aptitude, education, or natural tendency, when the war's casualty counts were so high. Many talented scientists were killed in the killing fields of continental Europe as a result of this indiscriminate conscription. Relativity was a complex, abstract theory that most people, including scientists, couldn't comprehend.[Stanley, Matthew. 2020. Einstein's War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid The Vicious Nationalism Of World War I. Dutton Books. Pg. 18.]
Eddington worked tirelessly on the hypothesis, desp...