Albert Einstein - Historic Recordings 1930-1945

Synopsis: Celebrating ‘Einstein year’, one hundred years since the great scientist’s Special Theory of Relativity and fifty years since his death, this CD features previously unpublished and rare recordings. The centrepiece is a very rare recording of the celebrated fund-raising dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1930, at which Bernard Shaw famously described Einstein as a ‘maker of universes’. Also included are a short newsreel from Einstein’s historic appearance at a massed rally at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1933 and a radio broadcast from 1945, in which he discusses the responsibilities of the scientists who worked on the development of the atomic bomb.

Two of the seven recordings are streamed, free online at http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/publications.html#einstein
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2005
Year of production: 1930-1945
Documentation: Accompanying 24-page booklet including transcripts and translations where necessary
Subjects: Physics
Keywords: archive sound recordings; Einstein, Albert; history of science; relativity theory

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