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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       Subjects     Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.     Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.     Physicists -- United States -- Biography.     Jewish scientists -- Germany -- Biography.     Jewish scientists -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog       by title:      My Einstein : essays...       by call number:      530.092 M995     Search the Web     Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.     Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.     Physicists -- United States -- Biography.     Jewish scientists -- Germany -- Biography.     Jewish scientists -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

My Einstein : essays by twenty-four of the world's leading thinkers on the man, his work, and his legacy / edited by John Brockman. Vintage Books, 2007, c2006. Call #: 530.092 M995 Subjects Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.   Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.   Physicists -- United States -- Biography.   Jewish scientists -- Germany -- Biography.   Jewish scientists -- United States -- Biography. URL856 Sample text URL856 Contributor biographical information URL856 Publisher description URL856 Table of contents only ISBN:  9781400079506 (hc.) Alternate title:  Essays by twenty-four of the world's leading thinkers on the man, his work, and his legacy Edition:  1st Vintage Books ed. Description:  xvi, 261 p. ; 21 cm. Contents:  Einstein when he's at home / Roger Highfield -- The freest man / Gino C. Serg -- Mentor and sounding board / John Archibald Wheeler -- My Einstein suspenders / George F. Smoot -- Einstein, Moe, and Joe / Leon M. Lederman -- The true and the absurd / Charles Seife -- Albert Einstein : a scientific reactionary / Frank J. Tipler --- Helen Dukas, Einstein's compass / George Dyson -- My three Einsteins / Corey S. Powell -- In search of Einstein / Lee Smolin -- Einstein and absolute reality / Anton Zeilinger -- A walk down Mercer Street / Steven Strogatz -- Things and thoughts / Peter Galison -- Childe Bernstein to relativity came / Jeremy Bernstein -- The books in the basement / George Johnson -- How he thought / Leonard Suskind -- Toward a moving train / Janna Levin -- Einstein's tie / Marcelo Gleiser -- The greatest discovery Einstein didn't make / Rocky Kolb -- The gift of time / Richard A. Muller -- Flying apart / Paul C.W. Davies -- Einstein in the Twilight Zone / Lawrence M. Krauss -- No beginning and no end / Paul J. Steinhardt -- Where is Einstein? / Maria Spiropulu. Summary:  "In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson alike." --Back cover. Genre:  Essays. Other authors:  Brockman, John, 1941- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 530.092 M995 Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.092 M995 Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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