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Tag Archives: Einstein
The Books: Einstein: The Life and Times, by Ronald W. Clark
Daily Book Excerpt: Biography Next biography on this shelf is Einstein: The Life and Times, by Ronald W. Clark There were people entering late and settling down in one of the boxes in the first tier. One of them, sitting … Continue reading
Isaac Newton The Man
There are a couple of books I’ve been working on for a while – they’re the kinds of books it seems okay to just dip into, put down for a while, and pick back up again. One of these books … Continue reading
The Books: “Driving Mr. Albert: A trip across America with Einstein’s brain” (Michael Paterniti)
Next book in my science and philosophy books section: Another book about Einstein – this one is called Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain, by Michael Paterniti. This is a fun book. It’s a bit of … Continue reading
The Books: “Einstein’s Dreams” (Alan Lightman)
Next book in my science and philosophy books section: Einstein’s Dreams, by Alan Lightman. A lovely little book: It opens in 1905, with a patent clerk sleeping at his desk. For a couple of months now, he has been having … Continue reading
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“Great spirits have always encountered …
…violent opposition from mediocre minds.” So sayeth the gentleman whose birthday it is today. Happy birthday, Albert Einstein!
A lone voice crying in the wilderness …
From “In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality” -by John Gribbin – we’re talking about atoms now. Other excerpts here and here. This excerpt is about 1905, and the groundbreaking papers Einstein published in that year.
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1905 – 2005
Next year will be the 100th birthday of E=mc2. I tripped over another article about Einstein this morning (thank you, Arts and Letters Daily, couldn’t live without you!!) – and wanted to pass it on. The article begins: Everybody has … Continue reading
The Mysterious
“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who knows it not, who can no longer wonder, can no longer feel amazement … Continue reading
Imagination
Imagination is more important than knowledge, because with imagination you can change reality. — Albert Einstein
Quote: “Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison”
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe”, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of … Continue reading