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Acknowledgments
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my deep gratitude to the friends and colleagues who took their time to read the manuscript, helping me make it into a better text. Freeman Dyson’s initial encouragement was really crucial to set me in the right direction. Rocky Kolb’s in- fluence as a friend, mentor (sorry Rocky, you are not that old, but . . . ), and collaborator helped shape my career and this book. At Dartmouth, I learned a great deal from the comments and suggestions of Joseph Harris, Richard Kremer, and Kari McCadam. From physics to history to poetry, their contributions are reflected throughout this book. I would also like to thank my editor at Dutton , Deirdre Mullane, for her tireless efforts in making the original manuscript a more readable book; and my agents, Katinka Matson and John Brockman, for their advice and support. To my children, Andrew, Eric, and Tali, for showing me how to always take a fresh look at the world and for injecting me with renewed energy every day. To Wendy, for her patience and understanding during the two long years it took me to make this book into a reality. Finally, I would like to thank my father for teaching me to love the beauty around me and within other people. Albert Einstein and Isidoro Kohn, his host during a visit to Rio de Janeiro in 1925. This autographed photograph, which has remained in my family since then, became almost an icon as I devoted myself to the study of Einstein’s contributions to our understanding of the Universe. ...