Max Bernhard Weinstein

Max Bernhard Weinstein (1 September 1852 in Kaunas,[1] Vilna Governorate – 25 March 1918) was a German physicist and philosopher. He is best known as an opponent of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and for having written a broad examination of various theological theories, including extensive discussion of pandeism.

Born into a Jewish family in Kovno (then Imperial Russia[2][3]), Weinstein translated James Clerk Maxwell's Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism into German in 1883,[4] and taught courses on electrodynamics at the University of Berlin.[4]

While teaching at the Institute of Physics in the University of Berlin, Weinstein associated with Max Planck, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Hermann von Helmholtz, Ernst Pringsheim Sr., Wilhelm Wien, Carl A. Paalzow of the Technische Hochschule in Berlin Charlottenburg, August Kundt, Werner von Siemens, theologian Adolph von Siemens, historian Theodor Mommsen, and Germanic philologist Wilhelm Scherer.[5]

  1. ^ Berlin im Jahr 1852 (Berlin in 1852): "Max Bernhard Weinstein wird in Kowno (Kaunas/Litauen) geboren. Weinstein war seit 1886 Privatdozent für Physik und Geographie an der Berliner Universität." Translation: "Max Bernard Weinstein was born in Kovno (Kaunas / Lithuania). Weinstein was since 1886 a lecturer in physics and geography at the University of Berlin."
  2. ^ Helge Kragh (2019). "Max Weinstein: Physics, Philosophy, Pandeism". arXiv:1901.11299 [physics.hist-ph].
  3. ^ The Symbolic Universe: Geometry and Physics 1890-1930, page 104, by Jeremy Gray. 1999.
  4. ^ a b The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, page 33, by Jagdish Mehra and Helmut Rechenberg, 2000.
  5. ^ Review of theology & philosophy - Volume 7, page 576, by Allan Menzies. 1912.