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Einstein, history, and other passions
- Title
- Einstein, history, and other passions / Gerald Holton.
- Author
- Holton, Gerald James.
- Publication
- Woodbury, NY : AIP Press, [1995], ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | Q173 .H7342 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 312 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Masters of modern physics ; v. 16
- Uniform Title
- Masters of modern physics ; v. 16.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Einstein's Influence on the Culture of Our Time -- Einstein and the Goal of Science -- Of Physics, Love, and Other Passions: The Letters of Albert and Mileva -- What, Precisely, Is "Thinking"?...Einstein's Answer -- What Place for Science in Our Culture at the "End of the Modern Era"? -- The Public Image of Science -- "Doing One's Damnedest": The Evolution of Trust in Scientific Findings -- Imagination in Science -- Understanding the History of Science -- The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer -- Percy W. Bridgman, Physicist and Philosopher -- I. I. Rabi, Citizen-Scientist -- Feynman's Adventures -- Michael Polanyi and the History of Science -- How Can Science Courses Use the History of Science? -- Faraday's "Advice to a Lecturer," Updated.
- ISBN
- 1563963337 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 94037483
- OCLC
- 31239301
- ocm31239301
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries