112 Mercer Street: Einstein, Russell, Gödel, Pauli, and the End of Innocence in Science (Burton Feldman)

Jack K. Steehler
Department of Chemistry, Roanoke College, Salem, VA 24153
J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (5), p 639
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p639
Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2008

Abstract

This book uses sessions involving Albert Einstein and other well known scholars at the Institute for Advanced Studies to introduce the lives and works of these famous individuals and examine the shift of modern physics and science from the purely abstract to the highly practical, with strong ethical implications.

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Inorganic Chemistry

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Theoretical Chemistry

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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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