The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 16 (Documentary Edition): The Berlin Years / Writings & Correspondence / June 1927May 1929

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In this volume, Einstein aims to give a field-theoretic foundation for the electron's equations of motion as he embarks on a new approach to unified field theory founded on teleparallel geometry. Einstein attends the historic 1927 Solvay meeting on the new quantum mechanics, and publishes a patent for a novel refrigerator. While less politically en

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At the California Institute of Technology, Diana Kormos Buchwald is the Robert M. Abbey Professor of History; Zeev Rosenkranz is senior editor; Jzsef Illy and A. J. Kox are senior editors and visiting associates in history; Daniel J. Kennefick, Dennis Lehmkuhl, and Tilman Sauer are scientific editors; and Jennifer Nollar James is associate editor. Twitter @EinsteinPapers