Foreword -- The Kaiserreich: Military power and science - 'Sturdy pillars of Germany's greatness' -- Einstein's path to Berlin -- World War I -- Upshot -- Einstein in private – not quite in private -- The Weimar Republic: Boycott of German science -- World renown -- Sponsorship – the Einstein Tower -- A target for right-wing propaganda and violence -- Emissary and emigré – Einstein's for…
omaggio a Coxeter -- H.S.M. Coxeter: un breve omaggio -- Donald nel paese delle meraviglie: le varie sfaccettature della vita di H.S.M. Coxeter -- matematica e immagini -- Visioni e realtà. Empiria e geometria -- Stelle -- matematica e Venezia -- Un epsilon piccolo a piacere: le murrine veneziane e muranesi -- matematica e applicazioni -- Modelli matematici per la meteorologia -- La matematica…
What is a Law of Nature? -- Are there Laws of Nature at All? -- Can the Laws of Nature be Genuine Laws? -- Are the Laws of Logic Laws of Nature? -- Are the Laws of Mathematics Laws of Nature? -- Properties of Laws -- Does Every Law of Nature Express an Invariance (Symmetry)? -- Is Every Law of Nature Spacetime Invariant? -- Dynamical and Statistical Laws -- Laws, Boundary Conditions, and Consta…
Working Late -- Keeping Secrets -- Data Encryption Standard -- Key Length -- Discovery -- RSA Crypto Challenges -- Congress Takes Note -- Supercomputer -- Organizing DESCHALL -- Needle in a Haystack -- Spreading the Word -- The Race Is On -- Clients -- Architecture -- Progress -- Trouble -- Milestones -- Gateways -- Network -- Download -- Short Circuit -- DESCHALL Community -- Proposal -- In th…
Primo contatto -- Pianificare un itinerario? -- Piacere, grafo -- Il peso ha un peso -- Un’innocua esplosione -- Monaco in quattro fermate -- Scelte locali, benefici globali -- In principio era l’input -- Negativo è negative -- Tempi buoni, tempi cattivi -- Intuito femminile -- Il lavoro che precede il lavoro -- Per assurdo -- Il Prim della classe -- Arraffa ciò che puoi -- Arbore… cosa…
Chapter 1. Introduction V.V. Binoy and Pallava Bagla.- Part I: Communicating Science to Win the Hearts and Minds -- Chapter 2. Responsibilities of Science, Responsive to Society: A New Dialogue Jairam Ramesh.- Part II: The Indian Landscape of Communicating Science and Technology.- Chapter 3. India’s Maiden Mission to Mars: Many Firsts and Some Missed Opportunities in Isro’s Efforts at …