Bekenstein, Jacob D. Mechoulam, Raphael text is Jerusalem Singapore Hackensack, N.J Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities World Scientific c2012 2012 monographic eng

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ix, 204 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. "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. What can pure mathematics offer to society? / W. Timothy Gowers -- General covariance and the passive equations of physics / Shlomo Sternberg -- The structure of quarks and leptons / Haim Harari -- Beautiful theories / Steven Weinberg -- Harmless energy from nuclei / Carlo Rubbia -- Supramolecular chemistry: from molecular information toward self-organization and complex matter / Jean-Marie Lehn -- Chromatin and transcription / Roger Kornberg -- Energy, environment, and the responsibility of scientists / Yuan T Lee -- Res ipsa loquitur: history and mimesis / John E Wansbrough general editors, Jacob D. Bekenstein, Raphael Mechoulam Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 Influence Science Philosophy Science and the humanities 9789814329422 (hbk.) 9814329428 (hbk.) 9789814329439 (pbk.) 9814329436 (pbk.) UMP 121206 20251125095357.0 vtls000067490