Book ID: CBB000774883

Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (2008)

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Galison, Peter Louis (Editor)
Holton, Gerald James (Editor)
Schweber, Silvan Sam (Editor)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xviii + 363 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Includes essays by artists, historians, scientists, and social scientists who explore Einstein's influence on their work. Contents:


Reviewed By

Review Hentschel, Klaus (2009) Review of "Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 420). unapi

Essay Review Pasachoff, Naomi (2009) Postscripts to the Centennial Celebration of Einstein's Annus Mirabilis. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 207-222). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Elkana, Yehuda (2007) Einstein and God. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 35). unapi

Chapter Ezrahi, Yaron (2008) Einstein's Unintended Legacy: The Critique of Common-Sense Realism and Post-Modern Politics. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 48). unapi

Chapter Neiman, Susan (2008) Subversive Einstein. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 59). unapi

Chapter Holton, Gerald (2008) Who Was Einstein? Why Is He Still So Alive?. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 3). unapi

Chapter Daston, Lorraine (2008) A Short History of Einstein's Paradise beyond the Personal. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 15). unapi

Chapter Gutfreund, Hanoch (2008) Einstein's Jewish Identity. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 27). unapi

Chapter Stone, A. Douglas (2008) Einstein's Unknown Contribution to Quantum Theory. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 270). unapi

Chapter Gross, David (2008) Einstein and the Quest for a Unified Theory. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 287). unapi

Chapter Randall, Lisa (2008) Energy in Einstein's Universe. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 299). unapi

Chapter Herschbach, Dudley (2008) Einstein as a Student. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 217). unapi

Chapter Renn, Jürgen (2008) Learning from Einstein: Innovation in Science. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 239). unapi

Chapter Fröhlich, Jürg (2008) Einstein and h: Advances in Quantum Mechanics. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 257). unapi

Chapter Doctorow, E. L. (2008) Seeing the Unseen. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 176). unapi

Chapter Galison, Peter L. (2008) The Assassin of Relativity. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 185). unapi

Chapter Friedman, Michael L. (2008) Space, Time and Geometry: Einstein and Logical Empiricism. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 205). unapi

Chapter Jones, Caroline A. (2008) Rendering Time. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 130). unapi

Chapter Ritchie, Matthew (2008) Into the Bleed: Einstein and 20th-Century Art. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 150). unapi

Chapter Botstein, Leon (2008) Einstein and Music. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 161). unapi

Chapter Schweber, Silvan S. (2008) Einstein and Nuclear Weapons. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 72). unapi

Chapter Henderson, Linda D. (2008) Einstein and 20th-Century Art: A Romance of Many Dimensions. In: Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture (p. 101). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Benedictus, Fedde
Deckert, Dirk-Andre
Trainque, Jarrod
Schilling, Govert
Greco, Pietro
Rolando Bellini
Journals
Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Physics in Perspective
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Journal of American Culture
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
W. W. Norton & Co.
Springer
Yale University Press
Routledge
Harvard University Press
Carocci Editore
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Science and culture
Philosophy
Relativity
Science and art
People
Einstein, Albert
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Planck, Max
Rosenfeld, Léon
Wigner, Eugene Paul
Wells, Herbert George
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Berkeley (California, U.S.)
Spain
Russia
Germany
France
Institutions
School of Milan
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
University of California, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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