The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8
The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918
Seiten
1998
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-04849-9 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-04849-9 (ISBN)
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 one-half years later. The letters collected here touch on various aspects of Einstein's activities and shed light on his inner life.
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 one-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 new light on his inner life, while enriching our understanding of his published papers, presented in volumes 6 and 7 of this series. 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 throughout the war. 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.
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 one-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 new light on his inner life, while enriching our understanding of his published papers, presented in volumes 6 and 7 of this series. 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 throughout the war. 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.
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; Jùzsef Illy is a former Member of the Institute of Isotopes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
List of Texts xiii List of Illustrations xxxv INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Introduction to Volume 8 xxxvii Editorial Method lv Acknowledgements lxv Note on the Translation lxvii List of Location Symbols lxviii List of Descriptive Symbols lxxi TEXTS 3 Alphabetical List of Texts 979 Calendar 989 Appendix 1032 Literature Cited 1035 Index 1067 Index of Citations 1109
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.11.1998 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Collected Papers of Albert Einstein |
| Zusatzinfo | 15 illustrations. 2 Volume set. |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | deutsch |
| Maße | 191 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1332 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-04849-5 / 0691048495 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-04849-9 / 9780691048499 |
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