My Einstein: Essays by Twenty-Four of the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy

ISBN-13: 9781400079506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 288 str.

John Brockman

Opis

In this fascinating volume, today s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson alike.Contributors include: Roger Highfield on the Einstein myth John Archibald Wheeler on his meetings with Einstein Gino C. Segre, Lee Smolin, and Anton Zeilinger on Einstein s difficulties with quantum theory Leon M. Lederman on the special theory of relativity Frank J. Tipler on why Einstein should be seen as a scientific reactionary rather than a scientific revolutionary"

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My Einstein delivers even more than its lengthy title promises. TheWashington Post These essays are irresistible. The Buffalo News My Einstein is a gem of a book that celebrates not only Einstein the scientist but also Einstein the man, even though it is a collection of essays written by scientific figures ... The result is a remarkably well-rounded figure. Deseret Morning News Excellent. Tucson Citizen

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Introduction by John Brockman

ROGER HIGHFIELD
Einstein When He s at Home

GINO C. SEGRÉ
The Freest Man

JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER
Mentor and Sounding Board

GEORGE F. SMOOT
My Einstein Suspenders

LEON M. LEDERMAN
Einstein, Moe, and Joe

CHARLES SEIFE
The True and the Absurd

FRANK J. TIPLER
Albert Einstein: A Scientific Reactionary

GEORGE DYSON
Helen Dukas: Einstein s Compass

COREY S. POWELL
My Three Einsteins

LEE SMOLIN
In Search of Einstein

ANTON ZEILINGER
Einstein and Absolute Reality

STEVEN STROGATZ
A Walk Down Mercer Street

PETER GALISON
Things and Thoughts

JEREMY BERNSTEIN
Childe Bernstein to Relativity Came

GEORGE JOHNSON
The Books in the Basement

LEONARD SUSSKIND
How He Thought

JANNA LEVIN
Toward a Moving Train

MARCELO GLEISER
Einstein s Tie

ROCKY KOLB
The Greatest Discovery Einstein Didn t Make

RICHARD A. MULLER
The Gift of Time

PAUL C. W. DAVIES
Flying Apart

LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS
Einstein in the Twilight Zone

PAUL J. STEINHARDT
No Beginning and No End

MARIA SPIROPULU
Where Is Einstein?

Acknowledgments

O autorze

John Brockman has edited nearly 20 books and is the author of three: By the Late John Brockman, The Third Culture, and Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite. He is the founder and CEO of Brockman Inc., an International literary and software agency, president of Edge Foundation, Inc., and publisher and editor of Edge, a website presenting the third culture in action. A well-known computer and Internet entrepreneur and visionary, his work is frequently featured in the media.