Friday, July 30, 2021

The Einstein Papers: Albert Einstein at 50

Recommendable! Incredible, this genius is dead since 1955, but his lifetime oeuvre has still not been published.

"The Einstein Papers Project at Caltech has released the 16th volume of its massive scholarly collection of Albert Einstein's scientific and nonscientific writings and correspondence. The volume covers the period from June 1927 to May 1929 and contains 1,600 letters by and to Einstein, many more than contained in previous volumes. This is due in part to the fact that Einstein turned 50 on March 14, 1929 and received a flood of congratulatory wishes. Some of the documents in the new volume pertain to a birthday present Einstein cherished the most: a single-cabin sailboat, named Tümmler, which means porpoise in German. ..."

Albert Einstein at 50 | www.caltech.edu



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