China and Albert Einstein : : The Reception of the Physicist and His Theory in China, 1917-1979 / / Danian HU.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: HU, Danian,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Prologue --; 1. Western Physics Comes to China --; 2. China Embraces the Theory of Relativity --; 3. Six Pioneers of Relativity --; 4. From Eminent Physicist to the "Poor Philosopher" --; 5. Einstein: A Hero Reborn from the Criticism --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674038882; 9783110649772; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674038882
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Danian HU.

This is the first extensive study in English or Chinese of China's reception of the celebrated physicist and his theory of relativity. In a series of biographical studies of Chinese physicists, Hu describes the Chinese assimilation of relativity and explains how Chinese physicists offered arguments and theories of their own. Hu's account concludes with the troubling story of the fate of foreign ideas such as Einstein's in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), when the theory of relativity was denigrated along with Einstein's ideas on democracy and world peace.