einstein

Edison, Thomas, 6, 299
Edison test, 299
Ehrenfest, Paul, 68, 120, 132, 165, 167–68, 180, 184, 204, 205, 218, 234, 252, 259, 268, 271, 276, 281, 287, 289, 325, 331, 345, 396, 421–22
Einstein, Albert:
in Aarau, Germany, 25–31, 40, 46, 113, 115
at Aarenshoop resort, 238–39
absentmindedness of, 39, 44, 59, 203, 221n, 426–28, 435–36, 437, 438–41, 519
academic career of, 149–52, 158–63, 175–88, 239, 304–5, 368, 394–412, 431–32
academic positions sought by, 54–56, 57, 58–63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 78, 86, 92, 140, 142, 144–45, 149–53
aloofness of, 2, 5, 12–13, 41, 44, 100, 150–51, 154, 161–62, 184–86, 226, 231, 232–33, 271, 273–77, 280, 441–43, 516, 518, 519–20
anemia of, 517, 536
aneurysm of, 516–17, 536, 541–43
in Antwerp, 368
arms control supported by, 487–95, 498, 500–501
in Arosa, Switzerland, 234, 243
assimilation opposed by, 205–6, 280–84, 291, 302–4, 386, 408–10, 428
astrology and spiritualism as viewed by, 374, 384
atheism as viewed by, 386, 388–90, 462, 587n
Austro-Hungarian citizenship of, 163–64
authority questioned by, 2, 7, 8–9, 12–13, 20–22, 29, 34, 38, 49, 54–55, 67–72, 73, 113, 180, 240, 317, 378–79, 550
autograph of, 369, 445
awards and honors received by, 3, 60, 101, 154–55, 235, 236, 243, 280, 297, 309–16, 337, 348, 352, 368, 387, 438, 490, 505, 516, 533–
34, 606n, 607n
at Bad Nauheim conference, 287–89
in Belgium, 168–71, 289–91, 344–49, 405, 410–22
as Berlin University professor, 14, 168, 178–81, 184–89, 201, 202, 203–11, 212, 213, 215–16, 217, 218–21, 224, 221n, 228–32, 234,
236, 237, 241–42, 246–48, 259, 261–62, 271, 277, 280, 281–89, 301–6, 307, 315, 318, 356–59, 362, 363, 364, 381–83, 384, 387–89, 392,
394–95, 399–401, 403, 411, 471, 523, 601n
in Bermuda, 437, 479, 506
as Bern resident, 75–89, 124, 125–26, 141–55, 167, 184–88
as Bern University professor, 144–53
biographies of, 269–71, 465, 478, 498, 518, 601n, 639n
birth of, 11, 91–92
Bohr’s disputes with, 269, 324–26, 344–49, 496, 514–15, 539, 609n
brain of, 545–48, 640n busts of, 423, 436
in California, 263, 268, 315, 354–55, 368, 371, 372–74, 380–81, 384, 395–98, 399, 401–4, 431
at Caltech, 315n, 368, 373, 374, 380–81, 395–98, 399, 401–4, 431
Caputh cottage of, 357–60, 357, 361, 362, 387, 395, 397, 398, 399, 401, 405, 444, 447, 619n
Central America visited by, 364, 371–72
in Ceylon, 306
in Chicago, 374–75, 404–5
childhood of, 8–31, 67, 114, 180, 205, 385, 462, 483, 538, 548
in Cleveland, 300, 461–62
communism as viewed by, 287, 379–80, 399–401, 403, 420–21, 445–47, 478, 489–90, 494–503, 524–34, 550, 633n–34n
compass given to, 13, 67, 462, 538, 548
correspondence of, 1, 3, 39–47, 50–53, 93, 94, 97, 104, 106, 131, 135, 137–38, 143–44, 165, 170, 171, 174, 184, 355, 360–61, 405–6,
408–9, 411, 415–16, 417, 421–22; see also specific correspondents
correspondence of (Berlin), 184, 201, 202, 203–4, 205, 208, 209–11, 212, 213, 215–16, 217, 218–21, 224, 227n, 230–32, 234, 237,
242, 259, 271, 277, 286, 307, 318, 362, 363, 381–83, 387–89, 392, 601n
correspondence of (Princeton), 430–31, 438, 441, 442, 467, 478, 482–83, 484, 500–501, 503, 513, 519–20, 524–29, 537, 539, 540,
636n
cremation of, 544, 545
in Cuba, 371
daily walks of, 438–39, 442–43, 509, 536–37
death of, 88, 94, 251, 445, 541–45
death threats against, 410–11, 422–23, 437
democracy supported by, 240, 242, 287, 420, 423–24, 479–80, 489–90, 499, 503–7, 537
economic views of, 370–71, 375, 380, 403, 504–5, 633n
education as viewed by, 6–7, 21–22, 26, 290, 292, 293, 299, 550
education of, 8–9, 15–49, 54–56, 60, 113, 115, 150–51, 565n
engineering background of, 23–24, 31, 53–54, 91, 113, 115, 126–27, 143–44, 161, 276–77, 304, 435, 443, 444, 517
English spoken by, 394, 402, 446, 464, 525
essays of, 208–9, 380, 479–80, 489–90, 497–98, 504
eyeballs of, 640n
fame and reputation of, 2, 5–6, 136, 140–42, 149, 151–52, 154, 163, 166, 168–69, 172, 175, 176–77, 196, 240, 247, 263–316, 339–44,
357–59, 363, 368–76, 396, 403, 426–30, 445, 472–73, 517, 520–23, 525–34, 540, 541, 544–45, 633n, 639n
as father, 75–76, 86–88, 143, 161–62, 174–75, 186, 187, 209–11, 215–16, 225–40, 243, 246, 274, 276–77, 301, 417–19
FBI file on, 287, 379, 399, 477–78, 500–503, 525, 534, 629n