Einstein: His Life and Universe

  at Old Lyme, Conn, cottage, 436

  ordinance capabilities analyzed by, 481–82

  organizations joined by, 207–8, 305–6, 399, 400, 445–46, 490–91, 500, 501, n–34n

  at Oxford University, 350–53, 361–62, 396–97, 410, 412, 418–20, 422–24, 431, 432, 549, 591n

  as pacifist, 4, 23, 58, 205–9, 212, 302, 305, 371, 373, 374–78, 381–83, 396, 399–401, 402, 403, 404–5, 414–17, 421, 483, 490, 498–99, 501, 521, 633n

  in Palestine, 306, 307–8

  in Panama, 371–72

  papers of, 75n, 86, 136, 404, 433–34, 633n, 639n

  in Paris, 309, 311

  as patent examiner, 1, 3, 36, 62–63, 72, 74, 76, 77–79, 84, 85–86, 89, 90, 92–93, 113, 122, 126, 128, 137–38, 140, 141, 142–43, 149, 150, 151, 154–55, 159, 250, 255, 266, 424, 444, 517, 551

  patents awarded to, 304, 435, 471

  in Pavia, Italy, 23–25

  at Peconic, N.Y. cottage, 472

  personal enemies of, 207, 285–87, 304, 314–15, 405–10

  personality of, 2–3, 4, 12–15, 21, 27–28, 34, 38, 39, 41, 46, 49, 50–51, 54–55, 84–85, 142, 150–51, 154, 161–62, 166–67, 173, 208, 211–12, 214, 247–48, 268–69, 273–77, 280, 285–89, 357–63, 364, 417–19, 441–43, 509, 518–20, 549–50, 566n, 635n

  personal problems avoided by, 154, 166–67, 174–75, 183, 184–86, 187, 188, 208, 215–16, 224, 225, 231, 232–33, 234, 239, 273–77, 441–42

  pets owned by, 438, 535–36

  philosophy studied by, 20, 52–53, 79–84, 113, 164, 166, 238, 334–35, 387, 388–89, 391, 460–61, 518, 627n

  photographs of, ix, 8, 50, 90, 178, 225, 249, 263, 269, 281, 287, 293, 309, 336, 369, 371, 374, 394, 418–19, 436, 443, 471, 487, 493–94, 508, 524

  physical appearance of, 2, 5, 27–28, 39, 79–80, 142, 150, 159, 182, 347, 426, 447, 518, 530

  piano played by, 519

  in Pittsburgh, 469

  Planck medal awarded to, 348

  as plumbers’ union honorary member, 533–34

  political views of, 4, 38–39, 58, 159, 205–9, 239–42, 274, 287, 373, 375, 378–83, 385, 399–401, 420–21, 438, 444–47, 477–80, 487–507, 508, 523, 524–34, 539, 541, 550, n–34n

  portraits of, 362–63, 436

  as Prague University professor, 162–68, 173, 175–77, 192, 421, 482

  press coverage of, 136, 153, 263–66, 269–71, 273, 277–78, 285–87, 288, 289–301, 304, 339–44, 355, 357, 358, 363, 369, 370, 371, 377, 378, 390, 398, 399–400, 401, 406, 411–12, 413, 414, 416, 420–21, 422, 423, 425–26, 428–30, 436, 440–41, 450, 451, 459, 467, 468, 469–70, 479, 485, 487, 491, 499–500, 513, 517, 521, 525–26, 528, 545, 615n, 622n, 624n, 63ln

  as Princeton resident, 425–27, 431–32, 437–41, 444–45

  privatdozent appointment of, 144–53

  public addresses by, 116, 166, 168–71, 172, 232–33, 242, 282–83, 290, 295, 296, 297, 306–7, 315–16, 318, 368, 371, 373, 374–75, 376, 390–91, 396, 401–5, 423–24, 445, 461–62, 491, 541, 543

  racism opposed by, 378, 380, 381, 445, 505, 520, 531

  radio broadcasts of, 372, 402, 479, 506–7, 527, 541

  religious convictions of, 15, 16, 20–21, 29–30, 56, 163–64, 167–68, 182, 243, 282–83, 372, 384–93, 462, 536, 548, 550–51, 587n

  Royal Albert Hall speech of, 423–24

  sailboats owned by, 360, 435, 472, 479

  sailing as pastime of, 38, 246, 304, 317, 358, 360, 361, 362, 373, 387, 405, 435–36, 437, 472, 479, 502–3

  salary of, 186, 235n, 397, 403

  in Salzburg, 321

  at Saranac Lake cottage, 441, 485, 487

  in Sarasota, Fla., 517, 519

  in Schaffhausen, Germany, 72–73, 75

  security clearance for, 399–401, 420, 477–78, 480, 481–84, 500–503, 629n

  at Sellin sea resort, 210

  sense of humor of, 27, 28, 46, 230–31, 385, 438, 518, 519, 540–41

  seventy-fifth birthday of, 535, 536

  seventy-sixth birthday of, 540

  in Singapore, 306

  sixtieth birthday of, 468, 469–70

  smoking by, 44, 142, 168, 181, 274, 292, 298, 402, 446

  socialist ideals of, 4, 38–39, 205, 239–42, 373, 375, 378–81, 399–401, 420, 499, 504–5, 633n

  socks not worn by, 427, 447, 523

  Soviet Union as viewed by, 379–80, 420–21, 446–47, 478, 489–90, 494–503, 504, 524–25, 526, 633n

  statues of, 296, 370, 604n

  stomach problems of, 217, 233, 234, 238, 255, 291, 342, 516–17, 536

  stubbornness of, 144, 211–12, 214, 259–60, 316, 347–48, 364, 509, 538–39, 550, 635n students of, 150, 159–62, 211

  study of, 211–12, 247–48, 249, 360, 386, 438, 440, 443, 446, 544 as substitute teacher, 63, 65, 149

  Swabian background of, 9–10, 27, 34, 53n, 63

  Swiss citizenship of, 29, 32, 55, 56, 58, 76, 164, 478–79

  telephone owned by, 438, 530

  television appearance of, 501

  travel diaries of, 240, 306, 308, 369, 373, 394, 396

  as tutor, 55, 56, 62, 72–73, 75, 76, 78, 79–80, 206, 439–40 ”2%” speech of, 371, 373, 375

  U.S. as viewed by, 380, 478–80, 500, 524–34, 537, 550

  as U.S. citizen, 59, 437, 478–80, 503–7, 510, 530–31, 543

  as U.S. resident, 168, 298, 424, 425–47

  U.S. visited by, 263, 281, 289–301, 354–55, 368–76, 394, 395–96, 398, 399, 431

  in Venice, 53–54

  in Vienna, 164, 182, 272, 587n

  violin played by, 14, 29, 35, 37–38, 53, 80, 143, 159, 161, 166, 167, 177, 227, 261–62, 272, 292, 296, 306, 403, 415, 418–19, 426–27, 430, 472, 519, 624n

  at Watch Hill, R. I. cottage, 434–36

  will of, 639n

  in Winterhur, Germany, 63, 65, 149

  world government supported by, 209, 301, 479, 487–500, 541, 631n

  as Zionist, 281–84, 289–301, 302–3, 306, 307–8, 376, 381, 409, 412–14, 520–23, 526, 541

  in Zurich, 24, 25–26, 30, 31, 32–49, 54–59, 60, 115, 149–53, 152, 158–63, 167, 175–83, 192, 203, 210–11, 229–30, 234, 239, 246, 276, 301, 364, 367, 410, 418–19

  as Zurich Polytechnic professor, 150–51, 158, 175–83, 192, 203, 239

  as Zurich Polytechnic student, 24, 25–26, 30, 31, 32–49, 54–56, 60, 115

  as Zurich University professor, 150–53, 158–63, 167, 239

  Einstein, Albert, as physicist:

  assistants of, 358, 363, 368, 371, 397, 410, 411, 412, 423, 424, 450, 463–65, 508, 509, 537, 549

  conservative reaction of, 316–21, 333–35, 346, 350–53, 460–70, 514, 538–39

  as cosmologist, 223–24, 248, 249–62, 265–66, 353–56, 372, 442, 510–ll, 613n

  creativity and genius of, 1–2, 3, 4–6, 7, 14–15, 21, 67, 106, 122, 124, 128, 134, 140–42, 149, 156, 163, 176–77, 215, 223–24, 253, 255, 316–18, 320, 333, 336, 350, 351–52, 424, 465, 538–39, 547–51, 570n, 607n–8n

  doctoral dissertation of, 1, 54, 71–72, 92, 101–3, 142–43, 150

  early investigations by, 24–25, 56–58, 67–72

  experimental verification by, 5, 34–35, 47–48, 57, 58, 100–101, 103, 104–5, 106, 116–18, 125, 138, 139, 158, 161, 316–17, 350, 351, 465–66, 549

  habilitation thesis of, 144–45, 149–50

  inductive method of, 116–18, 191, 350–52, 579n–81n

  intuitive approach of, 113–18, 119, 131, 133, 142, 145, 146–47, 155, 197–98, 201–2, 214, 250–51, 259–60, 297–98, 316–18, 333–34, 346, 350–52, 449, 465–68, 538–39, 549–50, 580n–81n

  as mathematician, 3, 16–20, 30–31, 33, 48, 55, 56, 63, 76, 99, 132, 133, 137, 149, 160, 192, 209–10, 216, 222, 235, 338–39, 439–40, 441, 450, 542, 549, 624n

  “miracle year” of (1905), 1–2, 54, 90–106, 140, 317, 550

  papers published by, 1–2, 3, 13, 46, 56–58, 59, 69, 70, 92–106, 117, 122–35, 138–39, 140, 141, 142, 144, 28
6, 315, 317, 322, 328, 339–44, 350, 351, 442, 571n, 573n, 580n–81n, 608n, 624n;see also specific papers

  as scientific realist, 169, 323–25, 333–35, 349, 350–53, 385, 450–51, 455, 460–65, 538–39, 612n, 627n, 628n, 635n

  skepticism of, 67–72, 78–79, 100, 113, 125, 164, 169, 284, 333–34, 350, 460–61

  as theoretical physicist, 3, 7, 24–25, 32–37, 43, 44, 47–48, 59, 91–93, 99, 104–5, 106, 113, 143, 147–48, 150, 152, 156, 160, 161, 162, 175, 203, 304, 310–11, 312, 314, 316–18, 350–53, 360, 538–39, 607n–8n

  thought experiments (Gedankenexperiment) of, 2, 3–4, 5, 26–27, 78, 79, 114, 121, 122–27, 138, 142, 145–46, 147, 190, 201, 267, 322, 345–46, 348–49, 448–60, 468, 512, 514, 583n

  visual thinking by, 17, 26, 93, 114, 121, 122–27, 142, 549

  work habits of, 24, 38, 142, 159–62, 165, 175–76, 181, 184, 211–12, 247–48, 426, 508–9

  see also quantum mechanics; relativity; unified field theory

  Einstein, Eduard ”Tete”:

  childhood of, 161–62, 177, 181, 182, 209–11, 232

  correspondence of, ix, 276, 307, 365–66

  education of, 365–66

  Einstein’s relationship with, 161–62, 181, 182, 185, 186, 187, 196, 209–11, 228–29, 230, 235, 236–37, 243, 246, 276, 301, 316, 365–67, 417–19, 444, 516, 519, 639n

  ill health of, 174, 181, 183, 184, 233–34, 235

  mental illness of, 365–68, 417–19, 565n

  piano played by, 365, 367

  in sanatoriums, 234, 235, 243, 417–19, 444, 502, 516, 639n

  Einstein, Elsa Lowenthal:

  in Belgium, 410–11

  in Berlin, 172–74, 178, 180–81, 207, 208, 304, 394, 400–401, 411, 619n

  at Caputh cottage, 358–59, 361, 362

  correspondence of, 173, 174, 178, 180–81, 182, 186–87, 198, 210–11, 396, 419, 441–42

  death of, 441–42, 624n

  as Einstein’s cousin, 172, 178, 181, 183

  Einstein’s fame and, 263, 269, 271, 307, 357–58, 369, 374, 375, 386

  Einstein’s marriage to, 182–83, 188, 227–28, 237, 239, 243–48, 277, 292, 304, 360–63, 418, 428, 441–42, 501, 502

  Einstein’s papers recovered by, 433–34

  Einstein’s relationship with, 172–74, 178, 180–83, 186–87, 210, 227–28, 233, 237, 238–39, 243–48, 293, 427

  first marriage of, 172n, 243

  Jewish background of, 433–34

  personality of, 173–74, 182, 247–48, 442

  photographs of, 225, 263, 293

  as Princeton resident, 405, 426, 427, 428–29, 431, 432–33, 437

  as U.S. resident, 424, 434, 437

  U.S. visited by, 292, 293, 354, 395, 396

  Einstein, Evelyn, 365, 517, 546–47

  Einstein, Fanny Koch, 172

  Einstein, Frieda Knecht, 364–65, 443, 546

  Einstein, Hans Albert:

  childhood of, 75n, 88, 137, 143, 161–62, 167, 177, 181, 182, 209–11, 225–26

  as Christian Scientist, 444

  correspondence of, 225, 231–32, 307, 364–65, 516

  Einstein’s death and, 542, 544, 545

  Einstein’s relationship with, 14, 143, 167, 174, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 209–11, 215–16, 225–40, 243, 246, 276–77, 301, 316, 364–65, 417, 442, 443–44, 517, 537, 601n, 639n

  engineering career of, 276–77, 443–44, 502, 517, 639n

  financial situation of, 316

  marriage of, 364–65, 443

  personality of, 364–65, 443

  photograph of, 50 piano played by, 227

  scientific ability of, 209–10

  as U.S. resident, 434, 443–44, 502

  Einstein, Hermann, 10–11, 13, 15, 16, 22–23, 31, 32, 39, 51, 52, 53–54, 58–59, 60, 74, 84–85, 91, 143, 172, 187, 302

  Einstein, Use, 172, 207, 228, 243–46, 248, 393, 404, 433, 441

  Einstein, Jakob, 11, 17, 22–24, 31, 32, 39, 91, 113, 143, 506

  Einstein, Klaus, 444

  Einstein, Lieserl, 3, 63–67, 72–77, 86–88

  Einstein, Margot, 172, 228, 232, 248, 362, 367–68, 393, 404, 433, 434, 436, 443, 479, 502, 519, 536–37, 639n

  Einstein, Maria ”Maja,” 8, 11, 12, 16, 17, 23, 24, 39, 49, 50, 59, 66, 74, 75, 85, 140, 141, 234, 236–37, 268, 343, 427, 443, 517–18, 636n

  Einstein, Mileva Mari, see Mari, Mileva

  Einstein, Paula, 173

  Einstein, Pauline Koch, 10–11, 14, 15, 16, 23, 39, 40–41, 45, 49, 50–52, 53, 58–59, 66, 74, 85, 162, 172, 183, 187, 230, 259, 277, 441

  Einstein, Picasso: Sf ace, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc (Miller), 280

  Einstein, Roberto, 506

  Einstein, Rudolf, 172

  Einstein Brothers, 32

  Einstein-de Broglie waves, 330

  Einstein in Love (Overbye), 13

  Einstein on Peace (Nathan and Norden, eds.), 633

  Einstein Papers Project, 75n, 86, 136

  Einstein-Russell manifesto, 539, 541

  Einstein’s Clocks, Poincares Maps (Galison), 126, n–70n

  Einstein’s Wife (PRS show), 136

  Einstein tensor, 220

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 525, 533, 534, 544–45

  electrical charges, 143–44, 161

  electrical conductivity, 68, 70, 127, 165, n–37n

  electrical induction, 115

  electric current (electricity), 25, 46, 68, 91, 110, llln, 115, 323

  electrodynamics, 2, 46, 118, 127–28, 138, 170, 315, n–37n

  electromagnetic field, 7, 13, 19, 24–25, 36–37, 91, 92, 94, 97, 108, 110–11, 114, 134, 141–42, 315–16, 337, 338–41, 344, 466, 512–13

  electromechanical devices, 113, 126, 142–43

  electrons, 68, 94, 96–97, 184, 219, 261, 321–22, 326–27, 330, 331, 332, 346, 466, 583n

  Eliot, T.S., 280

  Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium, 415, 431, 432, 533, 536

  Elon, Amos, 284

  Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, 490–91, 500, 501

  empiricism, 164, 350, 352, 612n, 627n

  energy:

  conservation of, 197, 198, 213, 592n

  dark, 356

  kinetic, 43, 67–72, 91, 97, 103–4

  mass converted to, 2, 5, 137–39, 272, 348, 469–70, 485

  molecular, 97

  potential, 584n

  Enlightenment, 277, 279

  entanglement, 454, 455, 458–59

  entropy, 69–70

  Entwurf approach, 198–202, 204, 212, 213–14, 215, 216, 256, 591n, 592n, 594n

  Epkin, Sam, 528

  EPR paper, ”Can the Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Regarded as Complete?” (Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen), 450–53, 456, 458, 459–60, n–26n

  Epstein, Jacob, 423

  equivalence principle, 147–48, 190, 197, 351, 540–41, 589n

  Erikson, Erik, 275

  Esse estfercifi principle, 350

  ether, 24–25, 47–48, 62, 92, 105, 111–13, 115–17, 119, 128, 131, 133, 135, 297, 300, 317–20, 332, 351, 373, 578n, 579n–80n

  Ethics (Spinoza), 81

  Euclidean geometry, 17, 19–20, 33, 37, 44, 63, 75, 83, 192, 193–94, 209–10

  Evolution of Physics, The (Einstein and Infeld), 463–65

  Fanta, Bertha, 166

  Fantova Johanna, 535, 538, 540

  Faraday, Michael, 91, 115, 127, 248, 315, 423, 438

  Farmingdale Elementary School, 540

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 287, 379, 399, 477–78, 500–503, 525, 534, 629n

  Fermi, Enrico, 407, 474

  Feynman, Richard, 515, 584n

  “Field Equations of Gravitation” (Einstein), 219–20

  field theory, 13–14, 92, 94, 95, 317, 612n

  of relativity, 159, 189, 197–98, 200–201, 212–24, 254–55, 336–37, 353, 468, 591n–92n, 594n

  see also unified field theory

  Fifth Amendment, 528, 530, 534

  Fight against War, The, 405
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  Fine, Arthur, 627n

  First Amendment, 527–28, 530

  Fisch, Adolf, 160

  Fitzgerald, George, 113, 116

  fixed states, 455–56

  Fizeau, Hippolyte, 112, 116, 117

  “flatlanders,” 252–53

  Flexner, Abraham, 395–98, 412, 425–26, 428–31, 453, 464, 480, 529, 622n

  FM radio signals, 111

  Foppl, August, 36–37, 115, 579n Ford, Henry, 289

  Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 370

  “Foundations of Physics, The” (Hilbert), 219