Scientific American September 2004

Scientific American

Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 2
SA Perspectives: Einstein = Man of Conscience^2……Page 4
On the Web……Page 5
Letters to the Editors……Page 6
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago……Page 8
News Scan……Page 9
Skeptic: Mustangs, Monists and Meaning……Page 20
Insights: Superhot among the Ultracool……Page 21
The Patent Clerk’s Legacy……Page 23
Everyday Einstein……Page 29
Atomic Spin-offs for the 21st Century……Page 35
Einstein’s Compass……Page 43
A Cosmic Conundrum……Page 47
The String Theory Landscape……Page 55
Was Einstein Right?……Page 65
The Search for Relativity Violations……Page 69
A Century of Einstein……Page 79
Forces of the World, Unite!……Page 83
Einstein and Newton: Genius Compared……Page 85
Working Knowledge: String Theory……Page 87
Voyages: Hiking Underground……Page 89
Reviews: Existential Terroir in Northern California……Page 92
Anti Gravity: Terror Bull……Page 94
Ask the Experts……Page 95