In this fascinating volume, today’s foremost scientistsdiscuss their own versions and visions of Einstein: how he hasinfluenced their worldviews, their ideas, their science, and theirprofessional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are atestament to the power of scientific legacy and are essentialreading 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’sdifficulties with quantum theory Leon M. Lederman on the special theory of relativity Frank J. Tipler on why Einstein should be seen as a scientificreactionary rather than a scientific revolutionary
Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modernunderstanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explainsthe origin and design of living things, but highlights theimportance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in ourlives. Recently the movement known as “Intelligent Design” has attractedthe attention of journalists, educators, and legislators. Thescientific community is puzzled and saddened by this trend–not onlybecause it distorts modern biology, but also because it divertspeople from the truly fascinating ideas emerging from the realscience of evolution. Here, join fifteen of our preeminent thinkerswhose clear, accessible, and passionate essays reveal the fact andpower of Darwin’s theory, and the beauty of the scientific quest tounderstand our world.
This new seventh edition of the book offers extensivediscussion of information, uncertainty, and game theory. Itcontains over a hundred examples illustrating the applicability ofeconomic analysis not only to mainline economic topics but alsoissues in politics, history, biology, the family, and many otherareas. These discussions generally describe recent researchpublished in scholarly books and articles, giving students a goodidea of the scientific work done by professional economists. Inaddition, at appropriate places the text provides 'applications'representing more extended discussions of selected topics includingrationing in wartime (Chapter 5), import quotas (Chapter 7),alleged monopolistic suppression of inventions (Chapter 9), minimumwage laws (Chapter 11), the effects of Social Security upon saving(Chapter 15), fair division of disrupted property (Chapter 16) andwhether individuals should pay ransom to a kidnapper (Chapter17).
