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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2003

RICHARD STALEY
Affiliation:
Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 7143 Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1393, USA

Extract

‘If it didn't have Einstein's name on it, would you give a damn?’ Nobel laureate Philip Anderson, critiquing proposals for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in 1990

Interest in Einstein's work and name shows little sign of abating in either scholarly or popular circles. The books reviewed here range from a collection of primary sources and research papers devoted to fine points of detail, through to cultural commentary and popular studies of Einstein's work and its legacy; their most common general concern is with the place science holds in broader culture.

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Essay review
Copyright
© 2003 British Society for the History of Science

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