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entanglement in, 454, 455, 458–59
“EPR paper” on, 450–53, 456, 458, 459–60, n–26n
experimental support for, 329, 333, 458
fixed states in, 455–56
gravitation in, 349, 449, 458
“gunpowder experiment” for, 456, 457–58
incompleteness of, 450–53, 457
locality principle in, 448–53, 454, 458, 461, 512, 626n mass in, 348–49
momentum and position in, 323, 346, 348–49, 448–53, 459–60, n–27n
Newton’s laws and, 323, 333, 453
observation in, 331–33, 345, 349, 448–70, 515, 538, 625n, 635n
physical reality in, 169–70, 321, 326–33, 345–46, 347, 349, 448–70, 538, 625n
probability in, 84, 255, 323–25, 328–29, 330, 332, 333–35, 338–39, 345, 347, 349, 353, 392, 454–56, 461, 462, 515, n–27n
psi-functions in, 457–58
relativity compared with, 5, 168–71, 320–21, 323, 326, 332, 334–37, 346, 347, 453, 459, 460
Schrödinger equation for, 454–55, 626n
“Schrödinger’s cat” and, 453–60
scientific collaboration on, 326–33, 424, 451–52, 453
separability in, 449–50, 453, 454, 461, 609n, 626n
Solvay conference debates on, 344–49, 452, 453, 514, 538, 609n
spacetime continuum in, 348–49, 450, 453, 455, 461–62
“spooky action at a distance” in, 448–53, 454, 458
statistical calculations for, 327–29, 333, 341, 345, 347–48, 629n of subatomic particles, 322–24, 326–33, 454, 459–60, 625n, 627n sumover-histories
approach to, 515
superposition in, 456–60
thought experiments (Gedankenexperiment) for, 345–46, 348–49, 448–60, 468, 512
unified field theory vs., 4, 315–16, 320–21, 336–38, 340, 341, 349, 453, 468–69, 538
“Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein’s Strangest Theory” (Overbye), 459
Queen Mary, 437
racism, 378, 380, 381, 445, 505, 520, 531
radio signals, 111
radium, 138, 139, 171
randomness, 2, 84, 103–6, 577n
“random walk,” 105, 577n
Rankin, John, 495–96
Rapallo Treaty (1922), 303
Rathenau, Walther, 302–4, 305
Rawles, Marian, 526
reason, 81–84
Redemption of Tycho Brahe, The (Brod), 166–67
Red Scare, 379, 480, 500–503, 524–34, 537, 550
redshift, 119n, 148, 254, 311, 353–56
refrigerators, 471
Reign of Relativity, The (Haldane), 278–79
relativity, 107–49, 189–224, 249–62
acceleration in, 108, 145–49, 155, 181–82, 188–92, 199, 201–2, 223, 319–20, 511, 548, 607n
“action at a distance” and, 319–20, 330
black holes and, 250–52
“border conditions” in, 252–54, 265–66
causality in, 216, 323, 324, 332
complexity of, 6, 262, 265–67, 295–97
conceptual breakthroughs in, 107–13, 122–27, 138, 145–49, 176–77, 211–24, 266, 316–18, 467–68, 538–39, 548
constant velocity in, 107–9, 114, 118–19, 127–31, 145, 148, 189, 201
cosmological implications of, 223–24, 248, 249–62, 265–66, 353–56, 372, 442, 510–11, 613n
cosmological term (λ) in, 254–55, 353–56, 372, 613n
covariance in, 195, 198–202, 212, 213, 218–22, 224, 591n–92n, 594n
development of, 9, 14, 26, 47–48, 62, 71, 93, 94, 107–39
Einstein’s intuitive approach to, 113–18, 119, 131, 133, 142, 145, 146–47, 197–98, 201–2, 214, 250–51, 259–60, 297–98, 316–18, 333–
34, 346, 351–52, 467–68, 538–39, 580n–81n
Einstein’s lectures on, 212, 214–15, 218, 219–20, 223, 228, 232, 272, 295, 296, 297, 298, 306–7
energy conservation in, 197, 198, 213, 592n
Entwurf approach for, 198–202, 204, 212, 213–14, 215, 216, 256, 591n, 592n, 594n
equivalence principle in, 147–48, 190, 197, 351, 540–41, 589n
ether concept and, 111–13, 115–17, 119, 128, 131, 133, 135, 297, 300, 317–20, 332, 351, 373, 578n, 579n–80n
experimental support for, 47–48, 112, 115–18, 130, 147–48, 191, 199, 202–5, 212, 213, 251, 255–62, 264, 267, 288, 310–12, 314, 351,
353–56, 579n–80n