The Joys of research

Author(s)

• Shropshire, Walter
• Einstein, Albert
• Smithsonian Institution

Bibliographic Information

The Joys of research

Walter Shropshire, Jr., editor

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981

• pbk.

Note

Talks presented at a colloquium celebrating the centennial of the birth of Albert Einstein, held Mar. 16-17, 1979 at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Einstein and research / Paul Forman
• Biochemical pharmacology / Julius Axelrod
• Mathematics / I.M. Singer
• Oncology and virology / Howard M. Temin
• Theoretical astrophysics / George B. Field
• "On first hearing" : the act of creation in music / William Schuman
• Biomedical investigation / Rosalyn S. Yalow
• Geophysics / J. Tuzo Wilson
• Chemistry / Linus Pauling
• Evolutionary biology / Ernst Mayr

Details

• NCID: BA13728121
• ISBN:
  • 0874748585
  • 0874748577
• LCCN: 81009347
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: 179 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q179.9
  • DC19 : 001.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Research -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Science -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Anniversaries, etc