The joys of research / Walter Shropshire, Jr., editor.

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.

179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Talks presented at a colloquium celebrating the centennial of the birth of Albert Einstein, held Mar. 16-17, 1979 at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C

Einstein and research / Paul Forman -- Biochemical pharmacology / Julius Axelrod -- Mathematics / I.M. Singer -- Oncology and virology / Howard M. Temin -- Theoretical astrophysics / George B. Field -- "On first hearing" : the act of creation in music / William Schuman -- Biomedical investigation / Rosalyn S. Yalow -- Geophysics / J. Tuzo Wilson -- Chemistry / Linus Pauling -- Evolutionary biology / Ernst Mayr.

Includes bibliographic references and index