My Einstein
ISBN: 9781400079506
出版社: Vintage
出版年: 2007-8
页数: 288
定价: 124.00元
装帧: Pap
内容简介
In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he has influenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson alike.
Contributors include:
? Roger Highfield on the Einstein myth
? John Archibald Wheeler on his meetings with Einstein
? Gino C. Segrè, Lee Smolin, and Anton Zeilinger on Einstein’s difficulties with quantum theory
? Leon M. Lederman on the special theory of relativity
? Frank J. Tipler on why Einstein should be seen as a scientific reactionary rather than a scientific revolutionary