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”
