Einstein’s Tie

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My Einstein: Essays by Twenty-Four of the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy, edited by John Brockman, 2007.

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Essay written by Marcelo Gleiser. Originally published in My Einstein: Essays by Twenty-Four of the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy, John Brockman, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007.

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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:•

• Introduction by John Brockman

• ROGER HIGHFIELD
  Einstein When He’s at Home

• GINO C. SEGRÉ
  The Freest Man

• JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER
  Mentor and Sounding Board

• GEORGE F. SMOOT
  My Einstein Suspenders

• LEON M. LEDERMAN
  Einstein, Moe, and Joe

• CHARLES SEIFE
  The True and the Absurd

• FRANK J. TIPLER
  Albert Einstein: A Scientific Reactionary

• GEORGE DYSON
  Helen Dukas: Einstein’s Compass

• COREY S. POWELL
  My Three Einsteins

• LEE SMOLIN
  In Search of Einstein

• ANTON ZEILINGER
  Einstein and Absolute Reality

• STEVEN STROGATZ
  A Walk Down Mercer Street

• PETER GALISON
  Things and Thoughts

• JEREMY BERNSTEIN
  Childe Bernstein to Relativity Came

• GEORGE JOHNSON
  The Books in the Basement

• LEONARD SUSSKIND
  How He Thought

• JANNA LEVIN
  Toward a Moving Train

• MARCELO GLEISER
  Einstein’s Tie

• ROCKY KOLB
  The Greatest Discovery Einstein Didn’t Make

• RICHARD A. MULLER
  The Gift of Time

• PAUL C. W. DAVIES
  Flying Apart

• LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS
  Einstein in the Twilight Zone

• PAUL J. STEINHARDT
  No Beginning and No End

• MARIA SPIROPULU
  Where Is Einstein?

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