Manfred Eigen

translators' noteIn Laws of the Game, the authors often illustrate a point by referring to games like chess or checkers or backgammon, which are familiar to English-speaking readers. Occasionally, however, they discuss games that are not well known in this country. In these few cases, we have...

_ LETTERS TO THE EDITORS More Black Hole Paradoxes I enjoyed "Black Holes and the Centrifugal Force Paradox," by Marek Artúr Abramowicz [SciENTinc American, March), very much but was left somewhat puzzled. As we all know, centrifugal force is a fictitious force that appears to exist when a...

Vorwort Der naturwissenschaftlich interessierte Leser ist einer ständig anschwellenden Flut von Informationen ausgesetzt. Er mag sich daher oftmals in der Rolle eines Richters fühlen, vor dem die verschiedenen Autoren wie streitende, rechterheischende Parteien erscheinen. Tragen diese ihren...