Epstein Secrets

aradox of the current era of globalization is that the quest for homogeneity has been accompanied by a longing for ethnic and religious roots. What Albert Einstein considered a "malignant fantasy" remains a potent force even in united Europe, where regional nationalism and xenophobic nativism have not come clo

Western Isles are already demanding the right to decide whether to remain part of an independent Scotland. One can easily imagine the government in Edinburgh opposing the new secessionists, just as Westminster opposes Scottish independence today. When the historian Ernest Renan dreamed of a European Conf

sicist, NYU Dan Sperber, Cognitive Scientist, Director of Research, CNRS, Paris Rory Sutherland, Vice-Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather, UK Paul Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor of Physics, Princeton Christopher Stringer, Paleontologist, British Museum Steven Strogatz, Physicist, Cornell University Leonard Susskind

rey West, Theoretical Physicist, Past President, SFI Frank Wilczek, Physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics 2004, MIT Ian Wilmut, Animal Researcher, U of Edinburgh Tim Wilson, Social Psychologist, University of Virginia Naomi Wolf, Social Commentator, New York Nathan Wolfe, Biologist, Global Viral Forecasting

magnetism and plugged in the numbers, he derived: Speed of electromagnetic waves Fac 311,000,000 meters per second A famous story claims that when Albert Einstein finished his Gen- eral Theory of Relativity and compared its predictions for the orbit of Mercury to the measured numbers, he had heart palpitations

ne of the dumbest aca- demic decisions ever made (and that is a tough list to top), Maxwell was unceremoniously laid off. He tried to get a chair in Edinburgh, but again the position was given to another candidate. Finally, he found a position down south, at King's College, London. One might expect Maxwe