Mein Weltbild.

"To-day this man is being drawn, contrary to his own intention, into the whirlpool of political passions and contemporary history. As a result, Einstein is experiencing the fate that so many great men of history experienced: his character and opinions are being exhibited to the world in an utterly distorted form."

- from the introduction to the original 1935 edition.


Published in 1940, this tome is a real find at the annual Christian Aid book sale at St.Andrew's and St.George's Church, a collection of the great scientist's writings on interwar German politics, religion and science, and education.

The gentleman who took my money nodded to his colleague and said, "we were waiting to see who would buy that book."