Through his rich exploration of Einstein's thought, Gerald Holton shows how the best science depends on great intuitive leaps of imagination, and how science is indeed the creative expression of the tradition of Western civilization.

Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, and Research Professor of History of Science, Harvard University.

Read More by Gerald Holton:

• The Scientific Imagination, With a New Introduction
• The Advancement of Science, and Its Burdens
• Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought: Kepler to Einstein
• Science and Anti-Science
• Victory and Vexation in Science: Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Others