Einstein, history, and other passions : the rebellion against science at the end of the twentieth century / Gerald Holton.
By: Holton, Gerald James [author]
Language: English Publisher: Reading, Massachusetts : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, c1996Description: xii, 240 pages, [8] p. of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0201407167 (alk. paper); 9780674004337Subject(s): Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Knowledge and learning | Science -- Miscellanea | Science -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 306.4/5/0904 LOC classification: Q173 | .H7342 1996Online resources: Publisher descriptionItem type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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BOOK | COLLEGE LIBRARY | COLLEGE LIBRARY SUBJECT REFERENCE | 306.450904 H744 1996 (Browse shelf) | Available | CITU-CL-42519 |
Abridged and rearranged from the edition originally published: Woodbury, NY : AIP Press, c1995.
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224)
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.
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