Einstein, history, and other passions : the rebellion against science at the end of the twentieth century
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Einstein, history, and other passions : the rebellion against science at the end of the twentieth century
Harvard University Press, 2000, c1996
1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science研究室
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Originally published: Woodbury, N.Y. : AIP Press, 1995
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"[The] book makes a wonderfully cohesive whole. It is rich in ideas, elegantly expressed. I highly recommend it to any serious student of science and culture."-Lucy Horwitz, Boston Book Review
"An important and lasting contribution to a more profound understanding of the place of science in our culture."-Hans C. von Baeyer, Boston Sunday Globe
"[Holton's] themes are central to an understanding of the nature of science, and Holton does an excellent job of identifying and explaining key features of the scientific enterprise, both in the historical sense and in modern science...I know of no better informed scientist who has studied the nature of science for half a century."-Ron Good, Science and Education
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 traditions of Western civilization.
Table of Contents
Preface Part One: 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 Part Two: 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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