Beyond Einstein Scientific American Special Issue 092004 1st Edition Scientific American by Scientific American instant download after payment.

44 The Patent Clerk’s Legacy - GARY STIX
How a theoretician changed the world.
50 Everyday Einstein - PHILIP YAM
Finding your way with GPS? Hanging a picture frame with a laser level? Thank Einstein.
56 Atomic Spin-offs for the 21st Century- W. WAYT GIBBS
Relativistic microchips and other wonders are still emerging from Einstein’s ideas.
66 Einstein’s Compass - PETER GALISON
What made Einstein study magnetism?
70 A Cosmic Conundrum - LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS AND MICHAEL S. TURNER
A new incarnation of Einstein’s cosmological constant may point the way beyond general relativity.
78 The String Theory Landscape - RAPHAEL BOUSSO AND JOSEPH POLCHINSKI
The merger of general relativity and quantum mechanics posits bubble universes within bubble universes.
88 Was Einstein Right? - GEORGE MUSSER
He thought quantum mechanics was illusory. Perhaps he was on to something.
92 The Search for Relativity Violations - ALAN KOSTELECK´Y
Infractions of Einstein’s once sacrosanct principle could be evidence for a theory of everything.
102 A Century of Einstein - DANIEL C. SCHLENOFF
A sampling of this magazine’s reports on Einstein over the past 100 years.
106 Forces of the World, Unite! - GEORGE MUSSER
In a 1950 Scientific American article, Einstein outlined his unified theory of physics.
108 Einstein and Newton: Genius Compared - ALAN LIGHTMAN
How do these two scientific giants measure up against each other?