Authors: Walter Isaacson
popular explanations of,
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quantum mechanics compared with,
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relativity principle in,
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scientific acceptance of,
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scientific opposition to,
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simultaneous events in (synchronicity),
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singularities in,
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space as concept in (spacetime),
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special theory of,
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speed of light in,
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starlight verification of (eclipses),
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thought experiments
(Gedankenexperiment)
for,
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time as concept in,
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twin paradox in,
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unified field theory and,
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“uniqueness” argument in,
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Relativity: The Special and General Theory
(Einstein),
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religion,
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Remembrance of Things Past
(Proust),
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Renard
(Stravinsky),
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Renn, Jiirgen,
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n,
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Rentenmark currency,
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Rescuing Albert’s Compass
(Oppenheim),
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Reston, James,
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Ricci-Curbastro, Gregorio,
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Riecke, Eduard,
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Riemann, Bernhard,
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Riverside Church,
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Rockefeller, John D., Jr.,
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Rockefeller Foundation,
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
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Rosen, Nathan,
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Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel,
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Rosso, Henry,
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rotation,
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Rowe, David E.,
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Royal Albert Hall,
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Royal Astronomical Society,
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Russell, Bertrand,
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Rutherford, Ernest,
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Rynasiewicz, Robert,
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Sachs, Alexander,
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Samuel, Herbert,
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Sauer, Tilman,
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Savic, Helene Kaufler,
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Schneider, Use,
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Schöpenhauer, Arthur,
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Schrödinger, Erwin,
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Schrödinger equation,
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“Schrödinger’s cat,”
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Schubert, Franz,
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Schuster, Max,
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Schwartz, Paul,
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Schwarzschild, Karl,
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Schwarzschild radius,
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Science and Hypothesis
(Poincare),
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Second Law of Thermodynamics,
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Seeley, Evelyn,
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Seidel, Toscha,
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separability principle,
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Shadowitz, Albert,
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Shakespeare, William,
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Shaky Game, The
(Fine),
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Shankland, Robert,
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Siemens, Werner von,
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Simon, Richard,
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simultaneous events in (synchronicity),
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singularities,
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Sitter, Willem de,
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skepticism,
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Smith, Howard K.,
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Smolin, Lee,
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Smyth, Henry DeWolf,
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Snow, C. P.,
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Snyder, Hartland,
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Social Democratic Party,
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socialism,
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Society for Ethical Culture,
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solar eclipse (1914),
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solar eclipse (1919),
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solar mass,
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Solovine, Maurice,
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