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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish scientists -- Germany -- Biography.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish scientists -- Germany -- Biography.
Jewish scientists -- United States -- Biography.
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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.
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.092
M995
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish scientists -- Germany -- Biography.
Jewish scientists -- United States -- Biography.
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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.
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Essays.
Other authors:
Brockman, John, 1941-
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