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
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
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