Einstein's Politics
by Wells Wulsin
12:30 Today, Kavli 3rd Floor Conf. Rm.
"That is simple my friend: because politics is more difficult than physics."
So answered Albert Einstein when asked why people could discover atomic power but not the means to control it. Even if more challenging, politics was a subject that Einstein wrote about throughout his life, taking bold and often unpopular positions. In this talk I will discuss Einstein's political views on issues including intellectual freedom, racism, and prospects for world peace.
