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  <default_description>IDEAS AND OPINIONS contains essays by eminent scientist Albert Einstein on subjects ranging from atomic energy, relativity, and religion to human rights, government, and economics. Previously published articles, speeches, and letters are gathered here to create a fascinating collection of meditations by one of the world's greatest minds.

&lt;i&gt;Based on&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mein Weltbild&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;edited by Carl Seelig, and other sources&lt;/i&gt;

New translations and revisions by Sonja Bargmann.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing thoughts of an amazing person!<br/><br/>bagaimanapun, Einstein juga manusia, bagaimana pendapat dia tentang berbagai hal? mulai dari pandangannya tentang perdamaian, wanita, negara AS, makna hidup, kejahatan, sistem sekolah di Jepang, kebebasan, fasisme, HAM, hak cipta, agama-sains, sistem...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75750130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I find most of the essays in this volume fairly dull. The most interesting are perhaps the last section, which is collection of lectures and articles written by Einstein, generally philosophic reflections on the nature of science and some tight explications of some of the more important aspects of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43013341">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book because I wanted to get to know Einstein a little.  I'd run across several insightful quotes from him and decided to explore what he was all about.  As my rating indicates, I felt this book was just &quot;ok&quot;.  The man himself was very impressive.  He was definitely a humanitar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69371246">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We are taught in school about his miraculous scientific contributions but one will find that this brilliant mind was also a humanitarian and evolved spirit. Great speeches and articles that are encapsulating and engage the reader. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got halfway through this book. I couldn't read it fast enough since I had to return it to the library and had other books I checked out at the same time (I'm too lazy to renew). Anyway, I'd buy it though, or check it out again, it was interesting and I appreciated and respected Einsteins opinions,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54114503">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've given this book at least a dozen times to people over the years.  Wise insights and a good book to have around.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[     what an eye opening look at the who was funny and kind and a genius.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unbelievable. No words. Just lovely. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[With the ever-expanding glut of Einstein biographies, it's nice to have a compact book of short essays from the man himself.  Not being educated in physics, i can't speak to the quality of the more technical essays in the book, but I will say that Einstein obviously went to great lengths to make his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2997291">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Full of quotes and quips from a giant brain. Wholesome.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mind blowing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is not just about physics (in fact, i found his own treatment of special relativity in this book to be rather bad), however the essays on politics and religion are very poignant and thought-provoking... but also mostly just reasonable and practical--unexpected from a man who daydreamed abo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16056934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's pretty interesting so far. When you think of Albert Einstein you usually thing Math or Science. I didn't know he thought and wrote so much about other stuff.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[cool book for the bathroom... good collection of short papers and letters... not too long and intense... just right for a nice dump on your mind.  Einstein they say ('what be possible in thought... is possible in reality!'): is like one of those people who likes to push the limit of what is.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From conjectures on supranational organization to the development of the theories of special and general relativity, this book is a revealing portal into the otherwise little known thought processes and struggles of one of the most prolific minds to ever grace this lonely rock.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[THE genius! This book offers insight into the wonderful mind of Albert Einstein. He writes about his thoughts on science, government, the world, and life.<br/><br/>The book is a great companion for anyone who is a fan of Einstein. 5 huge stars! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent and very thoughtful essays in all realms of human thought.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating, delving into the actual writings of Einstein. What's more interesting than his well known scientific writings are his personal views on global politics.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Get inside the mind of the greatest thinker of our generation.  And the thing about him that is most amazing?  His curiosity.]]></body>
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