Einstein, History, and Other Passions: The Rebellion Against Science at the End of the Twentieth Century

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Publication information:

Holton G. Einstein, History, and Other Passions: The Rebellion Against Science at the End of the Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; 2000.

Abstract

Through his rich exploration of Einstein’s thought, Gerald Holton shows how the best science depends on great intuitive leaps of imagination, and how science is indeed the creative expression of the traditions of Western civilization.