Description |
xii, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. What place for science at the "end of the modern era"? -- 2. The public image of science -- 3. "Doing one's damnedest": The evolution of trust in scientific findings -- 4. Imagination in science -- 5. Understanding the history of science -- 6. Einstein's influence on the culture of our time -- 7. Einstein and the goal of science -- 8. Of physics, love, and other passions: the letters of Albert and Mileva -- 9. "What, precisely, is thinking?" ... Einstein's answer. |
Note |
Abridged and rearranged from the edition originally published: Woodbury, NY : AIP Press, c1995. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-224) and index. |
Subject |
Science -- Miscellanea.
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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Knowledge -- Science.
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Science -- Study and teaching.
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ISBN |
0201407167 alkaline paper |
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