In this fascinating volume， today’s foremost scientists discuss their own versions and visions of Einstein： how he has influenced their worldviews， their ideas， their science， and their professional and personal lives. These twenty-four essays are a testament to the power of scientific legacy and are essential reading for scientist and layperson alike.

Introduction by John Brockman

ROGER HIGHFIELD

Einstein When He's at Home

GINO C.SEGRE

The Freest Man

JOHN ARCHIBALD WHEELER

Mentor and Sounding Board

GEORGE F.SMOOT

My Einstein Suspenders

LEON M.LEDERMAN

Einstein,Moe,and Joe

CHARLES SELFE

The True and the Absurd

FRANK J.TIPLER

Albert Einstein：A Scientific Reactionary

GEORGE DYSON

Helen Dukas：Einstein's Compass

COREY S.POWELL

My Three Einsteins

LEE SMOLIN

iN Search of Einstein

ANTON ZEILINGER

Einstein and Absolute Reality

STEVEN STROGATZ

A Walk down Mercer Street

PETER GALISON

Things and Thoughts

JEREMY BERNSTEIN

Childe Bernstein to Relativity Came

GEORGE JOHNSON

The Books in the Basement

LEONARD SUSSKIND

How He Thought

JANNA LEVIN

Toward a Moving Train

MARCELO GLEISER

Einstein's Tie

ROCKY KOLB

The Greatest Discovery Einstein Didn't Make

RICHARD A.MULLER

The Gift of Time

PAUL C.W.DAVIES

Flying Apart

LAWRENCE M.KRAUSS

Einstein in the Twilight zone

PAUL J. STEINHARDT

No Beginning and No End

MARIA SPIROPULU

Where Is Einstein?

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