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CONTENTS

Introduction

Glossary

PART 1: THE PATHOS OF SCIENCE

Princeton, Winter 1943–44

Aging Genius

Science and Sin

At Home in Princeton

PART 2: FOUR LIVES

Einstein

Russell: Aristocrat in Turmoil

Gödel: Ghost of Genius

Pauli: The Devil's Advocate

PART 3: THE UNIVERSE

The Logic of Paradox

The Mechanical World

Relativity of Time and Space

On the Quantum Path

The Copenhagen Interpretation

Einstein and Unified Theory: Chasing the Rainbow

The Persistence of Nature

PART 4: BEYOND PATHOS: OPPENHEIMER,
HEISENBERG, AND THE WAR

Wartime Berlin, Winter 1943–44

Heisenberg

Wartime Los Alamos, Winter 1943–44

Oppenheimer

Dangerous Knowledge: The New Security Order

Epilogue: The Projects of Science

Bibliography

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index