Albert Einstein #7- Was Einstein A Pacifist?

Sparks of History · Jan 24, 2022 · 5m

Award winning author Professor Steven Gimbel

Previous Chair of the Philosophy Department

Gettysburg College

author of numerous highly acclaimed books including:

Isn’t That Clever: A Philosophy of Humor and Comedy

Einstein’s Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion

Einstein: His Space and Times

Was Einstein a Pacifist?

• Fundamentally a pacifist

• Against Belgium pacifists as Hitler to invade

• Fearful Germany would develop Nuclear weapons

• Signed letter to Roosevelt

• Led to Manhattan Project

• Abhorred by atomic bombing of Japan

• Would “burn my fingers”