Max Planck

The Great Ideas Today attempts to relate the outstanding events of contemporary life and thought to the accumulated wisdom of the past. To the extent that it succeeds in doing this, it reveals the relevance of the great books to the contemporary scene and throws the light of the great ideas on the...

PREFACE i Albert EinsteinMany kinds of men devote themselves to science, and not all for the sake of science herself. There are some who come into her temple because it offers them the opportunity to display their particular talents. To this class of men science is a kind of sport in the practice...