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Einstein, history, and other passions : the rebellion against science at the end of the twentieth century / Gerald Holton

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000, c1996Edition: Harvard University Press paperback edDescription: xii, 240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0674004337
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 306.45 H758E
Contents:
pt. 1. : What place for science at the "end of the modern era"? ; The public image of science ; "Doing one's damnedest" : the evolution of trust in scientific findings ; Imagination in science ; Understanding the history of science -- pt. 2. 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
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 306.45 H758E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 064684

Originally published: Woodbury, NY : AIP Press, c1995

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index

pt. 1. : What place for science at the "end of the modern era"? ; The public image of science ; "Doing one's damnedest" : the evolution of trust in scientific findings ; Imagination in science ; Understanding the history of science -- pt. 2. 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

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