Albert Einstein memorial lectures
By: editors, Jacob D. Bekenstein, Raphael Mechoulam
Publisher: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; World Scientific
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jerusalem; Singapore; Hackensack, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9789814329422; 9789814329439
Subjects: Science; Philosophy; Science and the humanities; Influence
Description: "This volume consists of a selection of the Albert Einstein Memorial Lectures presented annually at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Delivered by eminent scientists and scholars, including Nobel laureates, they cover a broad spectrum of subjects in physics, chemistry, life science, mathematics, historiography and social issues. This distinguished memorial lecture series was inaugurated by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities following an international symposium held in Jerusalem in March 1979 to commemorate the centenary of Albert Einstein's birth. Considering that Einstein's interests, activities and influence were not restricted to theoretical physics but spanned broad fields affecting society and the welfare of humankind, it was felt that these memorial lectures should be addressed to scientists, scholars and erudite laypersons rather than to physicists alone.."--publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: What can pure mathematics offer to society?  -- W. Timothy Gowers; title: General covariance and the passive equations of physics  -- Shlomo Sternberg; title: The structure of quarks and leptons  -- Haim Harari; title: Beautiful theories  -- Steven Weinberg; title: Harmless energy from nuclei  -- Carlo Rubbia; title: Supramolecular chemistry: from molecular information toward self-organization and complex matter  -- Jean-Marie Lehn; title: Chromatin and transcription  -- Roger Kornberg; title: Energy, environment, and the responsibility of scientists  -- Yuan T Lee; title: Res ipsa loquitur: history and mimesis -- John E Wansbrough.