Alexander Moszkowski

Alexander Moszkowski
Alexander Moszkowski
Alexander Moszkowski
Born(1851-01-15)15 January 1851
Pilica, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died26 September 1934(1934-09-26) (aged 83)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationSatirist
Notable worksEinstein: Einblicke in seine Gedankenwelt

Alexander Moszkowski (15 January 1851 – 26 September 1934) was a German satirist, writer and philosopher also of Polish-Jewish descent. He was the brother of the composer and pianist Moritz Moszkowski.

He was a friend of many celebrities in Berlin, among them the theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, about whom he was the first to publish a book in the summer of 1920 and consequently popularize the theory of relativity.[1] In his autobiography he wrote: "At the beginning of the 20th century the question of the conceivability of other worlds with modified physics and mathematics will be highly employed."[2]

  1. ^ Jammer, Max, Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology, p. 17, Princeton University Press (2002), ISBN 1400840872
  2. ^ Palm, Goedart, Alexander Moszkowski, Telepolis Magazin (2005)