An homage to the men and women of science, and an exposition of
Einstein's place in scientific history In this fascinating collection of
articles and speeches, Albert Einstein reflects not only on the
scientific method at work in his own theoretical discoveries, but also
eloquently expresses a great appreciation for his scientific
contemporaries and forefathers, including Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton,
James Clerk Maxwell, Max Planck, and Niels Bohr. While Einstein is
renowned as one of the foremost innovators of modern science, his
discoveries uniquely his own, through his own words it becomes clear
that he viewed himself as only the most recent in a long line of
scientists driven to create new ways of understanding the world and to
prove their scientific theories. Einstein's thoughtful examinations
explain the "how" of scientific innovations both in his own theoretical
work and in the scientific method established by those who came before
him. This authorized Philosophical Library book features a new
introduction by Neil Berger, PhD, and an illustrated biography of Albert
Einstein, which includes rare photos and never-before-seen documents
from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
"What place does the theoretical physicist's picture of the world occupy
among all these possible pictures? It demands the highest possible
standard of rigorous precision in the description of relations, such as
only the use of mathematical language can give" -Albert Einstein,
"Principles of Research" Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was born in Germany
and became an American citizen in 1934. A world-famous theoretical
physicist, he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics and is
renowned for his Theory of Relativity. In addition to his scientific
work, Einstein was an influential humanist who spoke widely about
politics, ethics, and social causes. After leaving Europe, Einstein
taught at Princeton University. His theories were instrumental in
shaping the atomic age. Neil Berger, an associate professor emeritus of
mathematics, taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the
Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science department from 1968 until
his retirement in 2001. He was the recipient of the first Monroe H.
Martin Prize (1975), which is now awarded by the University of Maryland
every five years for a singly authored outstanding applied mathematics
research paper. He has published numerous papers and reviews in his
fields of expertise, which include elasticity, tensor analysis,
scattering theory, and fluid mechanics.
