My Einstein : essays by twenty-four of the world's leading thinkers on the man, his work, and his legacy / edited by John Brockman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brockman, John, 1941-

Jessie A. Rodman Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955--Anniversaries, etc.

Einstein, Albert.

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Physicists--Germany--Biography.

Physicists.

Jewish scientists.

Germany.

United States.

Physicists--United States--Biography.

Jewish scientists--Germany--Biography.

Jewish scientists--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 261 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2006]

Summary:

Albert Einstein is among the most iconic figures of our time, and in the 100 years since he published the papers that would forever change our perception of reality, he has achieved a renown that transcends even the heights of his scientific genius. But nowhere are the views, perspectives, and estimation of him more complex than among the scientists who continue to grapple with the implications of his work. In this unprecedented collection, we are given their views and visions of this towering figure. An essential addition to our understanding of physics in the twentieth century, and of Einstein himself.

Contents:

Einstein when he's at home / Roger Highfield

The freest man / Gino C. Sergè

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 discvoery 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Jessie A. Rodman Fund.

ISBN:

0375423451

OCLC:

61303499

Publisher Number:

9780375423451

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