The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918
(Hardback, Two volumes.)
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The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918
By (Author) Albert Einstein
Edited by Robert Schulmann
Edited by A. J. Kox
Edited by Michel Janssen
Edited by Jzsef Illy
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
8th February 1999
Two volumes.
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Physics
530
Physical Properties
Hardback
1232
Width 191mm, Height 254mm
1332g
Description
This volume opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and a half years later. A good portion of the documentation, which comprises more than 675 letters, has only recently been discovered by the editors. The letters touch on all aspects of Einstein's activities and shed light in his inner life. The breakup of Einstein's first marriage and the divorce are presented here for the first time in all their complexity. New material shows Einstein maintaining a strong sense of moral urgency througout Word War I. The scientific correspondence documents Einstein's struggle to find satisfactory field equations for his new gravitational theory - the general theory of relativity - and his continued discussion with leading physicists and mathematicians about the implications and further development of the theory.
Author Bio
Robert Schulmann teaches modern German history at Boston University; A. J. Kox teaches history of science at the University of Amsterdam; Michel Janssen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston University; Jzsef Illy is a former Member of the Institute of Isotopes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
