The Joys of research
By: Walter Shropshire, Jr., editor.
Contributors: Shropshire, Walter.; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.; Smithsonian Institution.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Anniversaries, etc; Research -- Congresses; Science -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Talks presented at a colloquium celebrating the centennial of the birth of Albert Einstein, held Mar. 16-17, 1979 at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Table of contents: title: Einstein and research / Paul Forman; title: Biochemical pharmacology / Julius Axelrod; title: Mathematics / I.M. Singer; title: Oncology and virology / Howard M. Temin; title: Theoretical astrophysics / George B. Field; title: "On first hearing" : the act of creation in music / William Schuman; title: Biomedical investigation / Rosalyn S. Yalow; title: Geophysics / J. Tuzo  Wilson; title: Chemistry / Linus Pauling; title: Evolutionary biology / Ernst Mayr.