Cosmology is in crisis. In this book, philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger and physicist Lee Smolin, world-renowned for their radical ideas in their fields, argue for a revolution in our cosmological ideas. The book is readily accessible to non-scientists as well as to the physicists and cosmologists whom it challenges.
Cosmology is in crisis. In this book, philosopher Roberto Mangabeira Unger and physicist Lee Smolin, world-renowned for their radical ideas in their fields, argue for a revolution in our cosmological ideas. The book is readily accessible to non-scientists as well as to the physicists and cosmologists whom it challenges.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John C. G. Röhl is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sussex. His many previous publications include The Kaiser and his Court (1994) which was awarded the Wolfson History Prize as well as the two previous volumes of his biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II - Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and Wilhelm II: The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900 (Cambridge University Press, 2004), which have won the Einhard Prize for the biography of a major European figure in 2012.
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Preface to the English edition Preface to the German edition Overview: Wilhelm the Last, a German trauma Part I. 1859-88: The Tormented Prussian Prince: 1. The 'soul murder' of an heir to the throne 2. Ambivalent motherhood 3. A daring educational experiment 4. The conflict between the Prince of Prussia and his parents 5. 1888: the year of the three Kaisers Part II. 1888-1900: The Anachronistic Autocrat: 6. Divine right without end 7. Bismarck's fall from power, 1889-90 8. The establishment of the Kaiser's personal monarchy, 1890-97 9. The Chancellor as courtier: the corrupt Bülow system (1897-1909) Part III. 1896-1908: The Egregious Expansionist: 10. The challenge to Europe: Weltmachtpolitik and the battlefleet 11. The Russo-Japanese War and the meeting of the emperors on Björkö (1904-5) 12. War in the west? The landing in Tangier and the fiasco of Algeciras (1905-6) 13. The intensification of the Anglo-German conflict Part IV. 1906-9: The Scandal-Ridden Sovereign: 14. The Eulenburg affair (1906-9) 15. Bülow's betrayal of the Kaiser: the Daily Telegraph crisis (1908-9) 16. From Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg: the Chancellor merry-go-round of 1909 Part V. 1908-14: The Bellicose Supreme War Lord: 17. The Bosnian annexation crisis (1908-9) 18. The 'leap of the Panther' to Agadir (1911) 19. The battlefleet and the growing risk of war with Britain (1911-12) 20. Doomed to failure: the Haldane mission of 1912 21. Turmoil in the Balkans and a first decision for war (November 1912) 22. War postponed: the 'War Council' of 8 December 1912 23. The postponed war draws nearer (1913-14) 24. The Kaiser in the crisis of July 1914 Part VI. 1914-18: The Champion of God's Germanic Cause: 25. The Kaiser's war aims 26. The impotence of the supreme war lord at war 27. Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy Part VII. The Vengeful Exile (1918-41) 28. A new life in Amerongen and Doorn 29. The rabid anti-Semite in exile 30. The Kaiser and Hitler Index.
Preface to the English edition Preface to the German edition Overview: Wilhelm the Last, a German trauma Part I. 1859-88: The Tormented Prussian Prince: 1. The 'soul murder' of an heir to the throne 2. Ambivalent motherhood 3. A daring educational experiment 4. The conflict between the Prince of Prussia and his parents 5. 1888: the year of the three Kaisers Part II. 1888-1900: The Anachronistic Autocrat: 6. Divine right without end 7. Bismarck's fall from power, 1889-90 8. The establishment of the Kaiser's personal monarchy, 1890-97 9. The Chancellor as courtier: the corrupt Bülow system (1897-1909) Part III. 1896-1908: The Egregious Expansionist: 10. The challenge to Europe: Weltmachtpolitik and the battlefleet 11. The Russo-Japanese War and the meeting of the emperors on Björkö (1904-5) 12. War in the west? The landing in Tangier and the fiasco of Algeciras (1905-6) 13. The intensification of the Anglo-German conflict Part IV. 1906-9: The Scandal-Ridden Sovereign: 14. The Eulenburg affair (1906-9) 15. Bülow's betrayal of the Kaiser: the Daily Telegraph crisis (1908-9) 16. From Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg: the Chancellor merry-go-round of 1909 Part V. 1908-14: The Bellicose Supreme War Lord: 17. The Bosnian annexation crisis (1908-9) 18. The 'leap of the Panther' to Agadir (1911) 19. The battlefleet and the growing risk of war with Britain (1911-12) 20. Doomed to failure: the Haldane mission of 1912 21. Turmoil in the Balkans and a first decision for war (November 1912) 22. War postponed: the 'War Council' of 8 December 1912 23. The postponed war draws nearer (1913-14) 24. The Kaiser in the crisis of July 1914 Part VI. 1914-18: The Champion of God's Germanic Cause: 25. The Kaiser's war aims 26. The impotence of the supreme war lord at war 27. Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy Part VII. The Vengeful Exile (1918-41) 28. A new life in Amerongen and Doorn 29. The rabid anti-Semite in exile 30. The Kaiser and Hitler Index.
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