Einstein’s letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics

Recommendable, but we do not learn e.g. anything about Einstein's political views. I have blogged here about that Einstein was a foolish and naive socialist and here about his arrogant, misanthropic views about religion. 

However,towards the end of the article, the article suggests that Einstein treated women miserably (ah, misogyny is so fashionable and politically correct): "That legend is not without tarnish though, as his letters occasionally reveal indications of misogyny. Most disconcerting to Einstein fans would be a letter from October 1925, in which Einstein berates his ex-wife, Mileva, for threatening to embarrass him with her memoirs. “Does it not enter your mind at all that no one would care one bit about such scribblings if the man that they were about had not, coincidentally, accomplished something special? If someone is a nobody, there is nothing to object to, but one should be truly modest and keep one’s trap shut. This is my advice to you.” Einstein then contends his remarks showed how good he was being to her — otherwise he would not be dispensing such sound advice. “Not only children need a smack now and again, but so do adults, and most especially women.”"

"This month Princeton released the latest volume of Einstein’s papers, covering the period May 1925–June 1927, while Einstein was at the University of Berlin."

Einstein’s letters illuminate a mind grappling with quantum mechanics | Science News: The latest volume of Einstein’s papers covers the infancy of quantum mechanics and new challenges to the theory of relativity.