Title: Cranks, quarks, and the cosmos : writings on science /
Authors: Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929-
Publisher: Basic Books,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Science Miscellanea
Abstract: Contains primary source material.
Contents: Introduction: The scientific profile -- How can we be sure that Albert Einstein was not a crank? -- Ernst Mach and the quarks -- Niels Bohr's times -- Feet of clay -- Three degrees above zero -- Cosmology -- A portrait of Alan Turing -- I am a camera -- Einstein when young -- The merely personal -- The chemistry of Primo Levi -- A child's garden of science -- Having fun with Tom Lehrer -- A woman's place -- Who was Christy Mathewson? -- Science education for the nonscientist -- Epilogue: Some things I did not write.