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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33897389 Title: Einstein, history, and other passions : the rebellion against science at the end of the twentieth century Author: Gerald James Holton Publisher: Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., ©1996. ISBN/ISSN: 0201407167 9780201407167 OCLC:33897389

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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

Author:	Gerald James Holton
Publisher:	Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., ©1996.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Holton, Gerald James. Einstein, history, and other passions. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1996 (OCoLC)605080103 Online version: Holton, Gerald James. Einstein, history, and other passions. Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1996 (OCoLC)632000357
Named Person:	Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein; Albert Einstein; Richard Phillips Feynman; Julius Robert Oppenheimer; Michael Polanyi; Michael Faraday
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Gerald James Holton Find more information about:
ISBN:	0201407167 9780201407167
OCLC Number:	33897389
Notes:	Abridged and rearranged from the edition originally published: Woodbury, NY : AIP Press, c1995.
Description:	xii, 240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	1. What place for science at the "end of the modern era"? -- 2. The public image of science -- 3. "Doing one's damnedest": The evolution of trust in scientific findings -- 4. Imagination in science -- 5. Understanding the history of science -- 6. Einstein's influence on the culture of our time -- 7. Einstein and the goal of science -- 8. Of physics, love, and other passions: the letters of Albert and Mileva -- 9. "What, precisely, is thinking?"... Einstein's answer.
Responsibility:	Gerald Holton.
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