In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change
which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of science were asked to pay attention to …

Why did Einstein tirelessly study unified field theory for more than 30 years? In this book, the
author argues that Einstein believed he could find a unified theory of all of nature's forces by …

In the previous chapter I introduced the conceptual framework. Knowledge, power and the
Self represent three axes or dimensions of the scientific landscape, while Lacan's four …

This is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students,
researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on …

Léon Rosenfeld (1904-1974) was a remarkable, many-sided physicist of exceptional
erudition. He was at the center of modern physics and was well-known as Niels Bohr's close …

Questo testo nasce dalla collaborazione tra due fisici sperimentali e uno statistico. Tra i non
statistici, i fisici sono forse quelli che più apprezzano e utilizzano il calcolo delle probabilità e …

In 1909, Einstein derived a formula for the mean square energy fluctuation in black-body
radiation. This formula is the sum of a wave term and a particle term. In a key contribution to …

Several high-profile cases of research misconduct during the past decade have explicitly
raised the question whether co-authors share responsibility for scientific misconduct …

This article discusses new material, published in volume 12 of the Collected Papers of Albert
Einstein, that addresses Einstein's knowledge of the Michelson–Morley experiment prior to …

It is little known that during the birth of quantum mechanics Walther Bothe (1891–1957)
published from mid-1923 to the end of 1926, partly together with Hans Geiger (1882–1945) …