Winner 2008 Association of American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in Mathematics.

 

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Tony Rothman's Home Page

 

 

I am a cosmologist whose interests lie primarily in the study of the early universe, black holes, the general theory of relativity and, more broadly, in fundamental physics. For a partial list of my scientific papers, click here.  In an attempt to minimize spam, I have removed my email address

See updated version Al and Marilyn at Princeton University Press blog site along with other essays.

from this web page, but if you wish to contact me it's easy enough: try the standard 1 + 7 address at Princeton University, where I am currently lecturing, or search the online directory there.

 

Apart from my scientific work, I also happen to write. Click on the cover below for a look at my various books, which include fiction, popular science and mathematics.

 

For more on my biography, professional work, scientific background, unfinished projects etc., click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excerpts from my plays

                                                     

The article on Galois is under Science a la Mode

 

 

For Slavophiles, Musicians and Nostalgia lovers! An epic tale of perestroika, the commissioning of the Raskatov oboe concerto during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Photographs of Zeiss Optical Company's original geodesic dome are under Science a la Mode .

 

 

One of the saddest stories from the history of science. David Hughes's anticipation of the discovery of electromagnetic waves, ten years before Hertz, as reported by the Electrician

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Sangaku images

 

 

Who Owns Einstein?

From Everything's Relative and Other Fables in Science and Technology, read about Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil's "invention" of spread-spectrum technology.

A few proposals antedating the Lamarr-Antheil patent.

Also read about Abel Niepce de Saint Victor's discovery of radioactivity .

 

 

Last updated January 2009