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9780674004337

Enstein, History, and Other Passions

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    9780674004337

  • ISBN10:

    0674004337

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-15
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
PART ONE SCIENCE IN HISTORY
What Place for Science at the ``End of the Modern Era''?
3(37)
The Public Image of Science
40(18)
``Doing One's Damnedest'': The Evolution of Trust in Scientific Findings
58(20)
Imagination in Science
78(25)
Understanding the History of Science
103(22)
PART TWO LEARNING FROM EINSTEIN
Einstein's Influence on the Culture of Our Time
125(21)
Einstein and the Goal of Science
146(24)
Of Physics, Love, and Other Passions: The Letters of Albert and Mileva
170(24)
``What, Precisely, Is Thinking?''... Einstein's Answer
194(15)
Notes 209(16)
Acknowledgments 225(2)
Index 227

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