Robert P. Crease is Professor in and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, where he has taught for more than three decades. He is the author of
The Great Equations,
The Prism and the Pendulum, and other books. A contributor of op-eds, articles, and reviews to publications including the
New York Times and the
Wall Street Journal, he writes a monthly column for
Physics World.
Peter Bond is a retired physicist who worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory for 43 years in a wide variety of roles, including interim laboratory director during much of the period covered by this book.