Brahms, Johannes, 167
Brandeis, Louis, 298
Brandeis University, 522
Breuer, Marcel, 359–60
Briggs, Lyman, 476
Brillouin, Marcel, 313
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 90, 575n
Brod, Max, 166–67
Broglie, Louis de, 326–27, 330, 345, 347, 538–39, 583n
Brown, Robert, 103, 104
Brownian motion, 68, 93, 101, 103–6, 117, 118, 140, 351, 373, 577n
Brush, Steven, 99
Bucky, Gustav, 435, 438, 540, 544
Bucky, Peter, 435–36, 441, 443, 517
Bucky, Thomas, 379
Bush, Vannevar, 480, 481
Byland, Hans, 27–28
Byrnes, James, 484
calculus, 16, 93
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 315n, 368, 373, 374, 380–81, 395–98, 399, 401–4, 431, 444
Calvin, John, 155
Cambridge University, 267
Canova, Antonio, 64
capillary effect, 56–58, 59, 68
capitalism, 497, 504
Carmen (Bizet), 370
Cartan, Elie Joseph, 344
Casablanca, 493
Case Western University, 300
cathode rays, 65
Catholic Church, 389
centrifugal force, 251–52
cerebral cortex, 547
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 81, 518
Chamberlain, Austen, 419–20
Chambers, Whittaker, 485
Chaplin, Charlie, 263, 268, 373, 374, 403, 427
chemical weapons, 206
Chicago Daily Tribune, 528
Chicago Herald and Examiner, 296
Chicago Tribune, 296–97
Chico (Einstein’s terrier), 438
chlorine gas, 206
Chopin, Frederic, 365
Christian Science, 444
Christoffel van de Hulst, Hendrik, 215
Churchill, Winston, 394, 412, 419, 483
City Lights, 263, 374
civil rights movement, 505, 531
Civil War, U.S., 488–89
Cohen, I. Bernard, 540–41
Cohn, Roy, 530
cold war, 499–500, 504
Collier’s, 445
Columbia University, 370, 471
communism, 287, 379–80, 399–401, 403, 420–21, 445–47, 478, 489–90, 494–503, 524–34, 550, 633n–34n
compasses, 13, 67, 462, 538, 548
complementarity, 452–53
Compton, Arthur, 345
Compton, Karl, 474
Concerto for Two Violins in D-minor (Bach), 430
condensation, 328–29
Congolese uranium exports, 471–73
Congressional Record, 295
constant velocity, 107–9, 114, 118–19, 127–31, 145, 148, 189, 201
Constitution, U.S., 510, 527–28, 530–31, 534
contraction, 112–13, 116
Copenhagen interpretation, 332–33, 347, 349, 424, 449, 453, 455, 457, 459–60, 626n–27n
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 108, 112, 163, 353
Cordoba observatory, 204
Cornell, Eric A., 329n
cosmic rays, 403 ”Cosmological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity” (Einstein), 252–53
cosmological constant, 254–55, 353–56, 372, 613n
cosmology, 223–24, 248, 249–62, 265–66, 353–56, 372, 442, 510–11, 613n
Cousins, Norman, 495
covariance, 195, 198–202, 212, 213, 218–22, 224, 591n–92n, 594n
Cox, Charming, 299n
“Creation of the United States of Europe, The,” 207–8
Critique of Pure Reason (Kant), 20, 574n
Crouch, Henry, 264
Crowther, Bosley, 493
Cupid and Psyche (Canova), 64
Curie, Marie, 168, 176, 181–82, 304, 305, 327
Dearborn Independent, 289
death penalty, 525–26
Debye, Peter, 176 ”Declaration of Protest,” 304
decoherent histories, 459–60, 626n–27n
Delong, Adelaide, 439–40
democracy, 240, 242, 287, 420, 423–24, 479–80, 489–90, 499, 503–7, 537
Demoiselles d’Avignon, Les (Picasso), 280
Depression, Great, 370–71, 516, 607n
determinism, 84, 156, 316, 317, 320–21, 323–25, 331–33, 334, 340, 345, 347, 349, 455, 575n
“Deutsch Physik” (“German Physics”), 289, 315, 405–10
Dewey, John, 377
Diaghilev, Serge, 280
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Galileo), 108–9
Diamond, Marian, 547
differential calculus, 61
diffusion, 105, 223, 481–82
Dirac, Paul, 223, 345, 349
distant parallelism, 341, 343–44
DNA, 546–47
“Does the Field Theory Offer Possibilities for the Solution of Quanta Problems?” (Einstein), 340
“Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on Its Energy Content?” (Einstein), 138–39
Dongen, Jeroen von, 594n
Don Quixote (Cervantes), 81, 518
Doppler effect (red shift), 119n, 148, 254, 311, 353–56
double stars, 580n Douglas, William O., 526
Drake, Tom, 492
“Dr. Einstein’s Mistaken Notions,” 497
Driving Mr. Albert (Paterniti), 546, 640n
Drude, Paul, 68–69, 71, 102
DuBois, W.E.B., 531
Duhem, Pierre, 158
Dukas, Helen, 84, 363, 371, 410, 424, 437–39, 443, 446, 479, 481, 482, 485, 501, 517, 521, 530, 541–42, 544, 633n, 636n, 639n
Durrell, Lawrence, 279
Dutch Royal Academy, 260–61
Dyson, Frank, 257, 261, 269
Dyson, Freeman, 134, 251, 269
Dyson, George, 363
E=mc2, 2, 5, 137–39, 140, 219, 272, 348, 469–70, 485, 604n
Eban, Abba, 521–22, 523, 541
echolalia, 9
eclipses, 5, 191, 202–5, 218, 255–62, 267, 269, 275–76, 311, 316, 317
Economist, 136
Eddington, Arthur Stanley, 256–62, 264, 267, 279, 312, 321, 339, 340, 343, 355n, 600n, 601n
Eddy, Mary Baker, 343
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:
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
FDR letter written by, 473–78, 484, 485, n–30n
FDR’s meeting with, 430–31, 493
fiftieth birthday of, 357–59, 362–63
film portrayal of, 491–93
financial situation of, 22–23, 32, 39, 72–73, 88–89, 162–63, 164, 179, 186, 187, 188, 204, 210, 215, 226, 228, 233, 234–36, 244, 275–76, 289–90, 297, 302, 306–7, 309, 316, 359, 397, 403, 465, 478–79, 607n, 639n
foreign tour of, 306–8, 309, 310, 315
France visited by, 301, 309, 311
free speech supported by, 479–80, 524–34
French spoken by, 208, 301
friendships of, 12–13, 35–36, 61–62, 79–81, 85, 104, 137–39, 142, 143, 167–68, 184, 185, 206, 208, 222, 228, 231, 260, 269–71, 274–75, 286–87, 294–95, 305, 363, 364, 408, 421–22, 518–19, 536, 540, 542, 566n
generosity and kindness of, 5, 186, 187, 188, 210, 215, 226, 228, 234–36, 275–76, 302, 309, 316, 427–30, 438–41, 445, 516, 518–19, 607n
at Geneva Disarmament Conference, 377–78
German citizenship of, 23, 29, 58, 164, 405, 406
German culture as viewed by, 21–22, 23, 24, 26, 180, 205–9, 239–42, 275, 282–84, 401–3, 414, 447, 505–6, 542
German spoken by, 149, 297, 306, 431, 542–43
in Glasgow, 419
“God does not play dice” quote of, 4, 326, 335, 392, 515, 538, 549, 609n
as grandfather, 443, 444
grief experienced by, 84–85, 277, 417–19, 441–42, 518
gyroscope improvement by, 304
hand injured by, 35
at Havel River villa, 341–42, 357–58
heart inflammation of, 363
Herbert Spencer Lecture given by, 419, 591n
hiking trips of, 24, 42, 46, 80–81, 181–82, 203, 209, 210, 217, 225, 229
in Hollywood, 263, 268, 372–73, 374
honorary degrees awarded to, 154–55, 352, 505
ill health of, 13, 35, 217, 233, 234, 238, 255, 291, 342, 363, 516–17, 519, 536, 541–42, 548
immigration visa of, 399–401, 437, 477, 479
individual freedom supported by, 433, 445–47, 478–80, 503–7, 524–34, 537, 550, 637n
at Institute for Advanced Study, 298, 395–98, 402, 405, 410, 411–12, 425–26, 428, 431–32, 436, 438, 439, 442–43, 450, 453, 464, 466, 468–69, 480, 508–9, 514–15, 532, 536, 537, 541, 622n
intellectual development of, 1–2, 8–9, 12, 78–84
as internationalist, 205–9, 240, 282, 291, 301, 302, 305, 378, 381–82, 386, 479, 482–83, 487–500, 541, 601n, 631n
interviews with, 266, 342, 385–87, 420–21, 423, 428–29, 440–41, 450, 469–70
inventions of, 143–44, 161, 304, 435, 471
Israeli presidency offered to, 520–23
in Japan, 306–7, 309, 310, 315, 339, 393
Jewish background of, 3, 9–10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 20–21, 29–30, 43, 52, 61, 142, 149, 152, 163–64, 177, 183, 207, 243, 263, 269–71, 273, 281–308, 311–12, 315, 342, 359, 381, 385, 403–10, 412–14, 420, 427, 428–30, 444–45, 447, 505–6, 520–23, 541, 543, 567n
Jewish refugees aided by, 429–30, 445
in Kiel, Germany, 304, 305
Kyoto address of, 116
at Lake Como, 63–64
at Le Coq sur Mer, Belgium, 410–22
lectures given by, 150–52, 159–60, 168–71, 175–76, 179, 203, 212, 214–15, 218, 219–20, 223, 228, 232, 239, 272, 295, 296, 297, 298, 306–7, 318–20, 321, 350–53, 361–62, 396–97, 469
in Leiden, 164–66, 168, 318–20, 360–61
in London, 279, 301
as loner, 12, 15, 24, 35–36, 38, 52, 137, 211, 357–60, 363, 423–24, 431–32, 435–36, 442–43, 551
love life of, 27, 28, 40–47, 153–54, 243, 275, 360–64, 437, 441–42, 502–4, 517, 535, 538, 540, 546–47
magazine and newspaper articles by, 267, 281, 285–88, 377, 445, 489–90, 497–98
manifestos signed by, 207, 539, 541
McCarthyism opposed by, 480, 500, 524–34, 537, 550
in Melchtal, Switzerland, 50–51, 53, 54
Mercer Street home of, 425, 437–43, 445, 483, 509, 515, 518, 530, 532, 540–41, 639n
in Milan, 45, 58–63
militarism opposed by, 4, 205–9, 240, 275, 371, 373, 375, 381–83, 414–17, 419–20, 488, 494, 498–99, 520
as military consultant, 481–82
military service avoided by, 23, 58
moral principles of, 378–79, 387, 388, 391–93, 541, 549–50, 602n, 618n, 635n
in Munich, 11–23, 294, 305, 483
music system
as gift to, 519, 536
nationalism opposed by, 4, 205–9, 240, 282, 291, 301, 302, 305, 378, 381–82, 386, 479, 482–83, 487–491, 601n
nervous strain of, 184, 217–18, 255
newspaper advertisement placed by, 76, 79
Newton admired by, 248, 301, 360, 423, 438
Newton compared with, 5, 6, 90–91, 93, 312, 333, 352, 544, 549, 581n
in New York City, 281, 292–95, 369–71, 375–76, 402, 443
Nobel Prize awarded to, 3, 60, 101, 235, 236, 243, 280, 309–16, 337, 387, 490, 516, 606n, 607n
as nonconformist, 4, 7, 15, 20–22, 35–36, 38–39, 49, 52–53, 67, 74–75, 76, 85–86, 158, 159, 182, 248, 271–72, 305, 317, 347–48, 463, 523, 527, 550
nuclear weapons opposed by, 482–84, 487–95, 539, 541, 631n–32n
offices of, 166, 298, 426, 438, 508–9