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Part 1: The Pathos of Science 1 Princeton, Winter 1943-44 1 Aging Genius 6 Science and Sin 15 At Home In Princeton 17 Part 2: Four Lives 20 Einstein 20 The Confidence of Youth 22 The Miracle Year 29 "Like a Drop of Oil on Water" 35 On the Precipice: Between the Wars 40 Einstein and Russell: Parallel Lives 51 Russell: Aristocrat in Turmoil 59 Mathematics and Logic 70 Utopian Enemy Agent 75 In the Wilderness: Between the Wars 80 G¿del: Ghost of Genius 85 Pauli: The Devil's Advocate 99 Part 3: The Universe 124 The Logic of Paradox 124 The Mechanical World 136 Relativity of Time and Space 138 On the Quantum Path 143 The Copenhagen Interpretation 153 Einstein and Unified Theory: Chasing the Rainbow 157 The Persistence of Nature 176 Part 4: Beyond Pathos: Oppenheimer, Heisenberg, and the War 181 Wartime Berlin, Winter 1943-44 181 Heisenberg 185 Wartime Los Alamos, Winter 1943-44 193 Oppenheimer 201 Dangerous Knowledge: The New Security Order 209 Epilogue: The Projects of Science 213
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Scientists -- History.
Scientists -- Philosophy.
Science -- History.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
Gáeodel, Kurt.
Pauli, Wolfgang, 1869-1955.