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.Contributors include:• Roger Highfield on the Einstein myth• John Archibald Wheeler on his meetings with Einstein• Gino C. Segrè, Lee Smolin, and Anton Zeilinger on Einstein's difficulties with quantum theory• Leon M. Lederman on the special…mehr
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.Contributors include:• Roger Highfield on the Einstein myth• John Archibald Wheeler on his meetings with Einstein• Gino C. Segrè, Lee Smolin, and Anton Zeilinger on Einstein's difficulties with quantum theory• Leon M. Lederman on the special theory of relativity• Frank J. Tipler on why Einstein should be seen as a scientific reactionary rather than a scientific revolutionaryHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Brockman has edited nearly 20 books and is the author of three: By the Late John Brockman, The Third Culture, and Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite. He is the founder and CEO of Brockman Inc., an International literary and software agency, president of Edge Foundation, Inc., and publisher and editor of Edge, a website presenting the third culture in action. A well-known computer and Internet entrepreneur and visionary, his work is frequently featured in the media.
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Introduction by John Brockman ROGER HIGHFIELD Einstein When He’s at Home GINO C. SEGRÉ The Freest Man JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER Mentor and Sounding Board GEORGE F. SMOOT My Einstein Suspenders LEON M. LEDERMAN Einstein, Moe, and Joe CHARLES SEIFE The True and the Absurd FRANK J. TIPLER Albert Einstein: A Scientific Reactionary GEORGE DYSON Helen Dukas: Einstein’s Compass COREY S. POWELL My Three Einsteins LEE SMOLIN In Search of Einstein ANTON ZEILINGER Einstein and Absolute Reality STEVEN STROGATZ A Walk Down Mercer Street PETER GALISON Things and Thoughts JEREMY BERNSTEIN Childe Bernstein to Relativity Came GEORGE JOHNSON The Books in the Basement LEONARD SUSSKIND How He Thought JANNA LEVIN Toward a Moving Train MARCELO GLEISER Einstein’s Tie ROCKY KOLB The Greatest Discovery Einstein Didn’t Make RICHARD A. MULLER The Gift of Time PAUL C. W. DAVIES Flying Apart LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS Einstein in the Twilight Zone PAUL J. STEINHARDT No Beginning and No End MARIA SPIROPULU Where Is Einstein? Acknowledgments
Introduction by John Brockman ROGER HIGHFIELD Einstein When He’s at Home GINO C. SEGRÉ The Freest Man JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER Mentor and Sounding Board GEORGE F. SMOOT My Einstein Suspenders LEON M. LEDERMAN Einstein, Moe, and Joe CHARLES SEIFE The True and the Absurd FRANK J. TIPLER Albert Einstein: A Scientific Reactionary GEORGE DYSON Helen Dukas: Einstein’s Compass COREY S. POWELL My Three Einsteins LEE SMOLIN In Search of Einstein ANTON ZEILINGER Einstein and Absolute Reality STEVEN STROGATZ A Walk Down Mercer Street PETER GALISON Things and Thoughts JEREMY BERNSTEIN Childe Bernstein to Relativity Came GEORGE JOHNSON The Books in the Basement LEONARD SUSSKIND How He Thought JANNA LEVIN Toward a Moving Train MARCELO GLEISER Einstein’s Tie ROCKY KOLB The Greatest Discovery Einstein Didn’t Make RICHARD A. MULLER The Gift of Time PAUL C. W. DAVIES Flying Apart LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS Einstein in the Twilight Zone PAUL J. STEINHARDT No Beginning and No End MARIA SPIROPULU Where Is Einstein? Acknowledgments
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