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Einstein, History, and Other Passions Gerald Holton

Einstein, History, and Other Passions von Gerald Holton

Einstein, History, and Other Passions Gerald Holton

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Zusammenfassung

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.

Einstein, History, and Other Passions Zusammenfassung

Einstein, History, and Other Passions: The Rebellion against Science at the End of the Twentieth Century Gerald Holton

[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

[Holtons] 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 scienceI 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 Einsteins 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.

Einstein, History, and Other Passions Bewertungen

[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 Horowitz * 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 *
I know of no better informed scientist who has studied the nature of science for half a century. -- Ron Good * Science and Education *
Holton has succeeded admirably. * New York Times Book Review *
Using Albert Einstein as the embodiment of the creative force that connects science with society, Holton embraces the humanistic side of science and fights the contemporary backlash against it. * Science News *
Holton effectively outlines the terms of a debate that will determine much of our short-range future. * Kirkus Reviews *
Brilliantly informed, wonderfully written. -- John Kenneth Galbraith

Über Gerald Holton

Gerald Holton is Mallinckrodt Research Professor of Physics, and Research Professor of History of Science, Harvard University.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR010146030
9780674004337
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Einstein, History, and Other Passions: The Rebellion against Science at the End of the Twentieth Century Gerald Holton
Gerald Holton
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Harvard University Press
2000-09-15
Nominated for Sally Hacker Prize 2001 Nominated for Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize 2005
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