It was perhaps only the youthful optimism of a new science that allowed Kurt Lewin and his colleagues to believe that they had within their grasp the key elements of a "field theory of the social sciences." Social psychology made great...

Field theory may refer to: Field theory (mathematics), the theory of the algebraic concept of field Field theory (physics), a physical theory which employs fields in the physical...

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, 675 pages, $32. In early 1931, Albert Einstein paid a visit to California that confirmed his status as a global celebrity. After being serenaded by 500 local girls upon his arrival in...

Revolutionary ideas require great concentration to form and particular care to spread.Those skills helped physics pioneer Niels Bohr redefine how we look at the world.His Nobel Prize-winning theories helped people understand quantum mechanics and atomic structure. Those concepts leapt from his unbreakable concentration. When pondering...

Every once in a while someone will ask me, “Why don’t you write about Rosanne Cash anymore? And hey, whatever happened with your marriage proposal to her?” It’s true that I was one of the first (or, anyway, one of the most effusive) to praise...

Every once in a while someone will ask me, “Why don’t you write about Rosanne Cash anymore? And hey, whatever happened with your marriage proposal to her?” It’s true that I was one of the first (or, anyway, one of the most effusive) to...