Einstein, History, and Other Passions

The Rebellion against Science at the End of the Twentieth Century

Gerald Holton

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$36.50 • £29.95 • €33.00

ISBN 9780674004337

Publication Date: 09/15/2000

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6 x 9 inches

13 halftones, 11 line illustrations

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Preface
I. Science in History
- What Place for Science at the “End of the Modern Era”?
- The Public Image of Science
- “Doing One’s Damndest”: The Evolution of Trust in Scientific Findings
- Imagination in Science
- Understanding the History of Science
II. Learning from Einstein
- Einstein’s Influence on the Culture of Our Time
- Einstein and the Goal of Science
- Of Physics, Love, and Other Passions: The Letters of Albert and Mileva
- “What, Precisely, Is Thinking?”…Einstein’s Answer
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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