摘要：Albert Einstein’s pacifism seems inextricably linked with nuclear fission and theonset of the atomic age. How a true pacifist could ever urge US president Franklin D.Roosevelt to develop a nuclear weapon is suspicious for Einstein’s skeptics. Virginia IrisHolmes takes the long view, suggesting that Einstein’s “pacifist worldview” emergedmuch earlier in life than is usually acknowledged. Holmes focuses on Einstein’scorrespondence with other scientists.
