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September

Table of Contents September 2004

Discover Magazine's mission is to enable readers to lead richer lives by explaining and expanding their universe. Each month we bring you in depth information and analysis from various topics ranging from technology and space to the living world we live in.

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No Mere Genius

by Walter Isaacson

100 years ago, Albert Einstein rocked our universe—and we're still reeling

Einstein [In a Nutshell]

by Michio Kaku, Nigel Holmes

Einstein's Lonely Path

by Lee Smolin

Surprisingly few theorists have the courage to emulate the master of modern physics

The Master's Mistakes

by Karen Wright

Einstein was often wrong, but even his errors led to deep truths

A Tangled Life

by Brad Lemley

How could one man be genius, secular saint, pacifist, humanitarian, indifferent parent, jokester, poet, dreamer, musician, world saver, father of the bomb, loyal friend, flirt, and fraud?

Einstein's Gift for Simplicity

by Thomas Levenson, Ross MacDonald

If others like him ever come along, how will we know them? By a remarkable ability to ask the right questions clearly and cleanly

Tinker, Thinker, Inventor of the Modern World

by John Clark, David Bodanis

Look around and you'll find Einstein's fingerprints on everything from GPS satellites to Viagra

Testing the Limit of Einstein's Theories

by Robert Kunzig

Scientists finally have the technology to construct mind-boggling experiments that can tell us just how far relativity can be stretched

Einstein's Grand Quest for a Unified Theory

by Tim Folger

He failed, of course, but he didn't exactly waste his time