Einstein: The First Hundred Years presents the great contribution of Albert Einstein to the development of science. This book discusses the significant role of Einstein's existence as a scientist who turned out to be a great public figure that changed the society's consciousness of science for goo
Einstein, the First Hundred Years
โ Scribed by Maurice Goldsmith
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 215
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Einstein: the first hundred years......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
The Science Policy Foundation......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
1. The man......Page 16
Einstein......Page 18
Personal reminiscences......Page 34
To Albert Einstein on his 75th birthday......Page 38
Brief thoughts on the theory of relativity......Page 41
2. The impact on science......Page 44
Assessing Einstein's impact on today's science by citation analysis......Page 46
The excellence of Einstein's theory of gravitation......Page 56
Einstein and non-locality in the quantum theory......Page 62
Einstein as guru? The case of Bose......Page 78
3. The impact on society......Page 86
The theory of relativity and our world view......Page 88
The brain of Einstein......Page 108
4. The impact on world affairs......Page 112
Einstein the pacifist warrior......Page 114
Einstein's political struggle......Page 132
Einstein on civil liberties......Page 141
5. The impact on the arts......Page 144
Ehstein and architecture......Page 146
Einstein and art......Page 160
Einstein and science fiction......Page 174
Einstein and relativity theory in modern literature......Page 178
Afterword......Page 196
Einstein and other seekers of the larger view......Page 198
Name Index......Page 210
Subject Index......Page 214
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