Scientific Papers

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xiii
4. Chronology xv
5. Credo: “What I Believe” xxi
6. Part I. The Personal and Family Spheres
7. Vital Information: Certificates in Facsimile 3
8. Birth Information 9
9. Archives 10
10. Awards, Honorary Degrees, and Honorary Memberships in Foreign Societies 13
11. Career 17
12. Citizenships and Immigration to the United States 22
13. Domiciles 26
14. Education and Schools Attended 28
15. Einstein Papers Project (EPP) and The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (CPAE) 30
16. Fame 37
17. Family 44
18. Friends 65
19. Health 80
20. Myths and Misconceptions 81
21. Pastimes 89
22. Romantic Interests: Actual, Probable, and Possible 98
23. Secretaries 107
24. Teachers 107
25. Travels and Travel Diaries 109
26. Death 122
27. Part II. A Life in Science
28. Annus Mirabilis 135
29. Assistants 135
30. Collaborators 138
31. Colleagues 146
32. Concepts 159
33. Doctoral Dissertation 197
34. Influential Scientific Forebears and Contemporaries 197
35. Lectures, Major Scientific 200
36. Nobel Prize 201
37. Patents and Inventions 202
38. Philosophy of Science (contributed by Thomas Ryckman, Stanford University) 203
39. Quantum Theory 205
40. Relativity Theory 208
41. Rivals 216
42. Scientific Papers 219
43. Scientific Sidelights 219
44. Solvay Conferences 221
45. Thought Experiments 222
46. Unified Field Theory 224
47. Part III. Identity and Principles
48. Civil and Human Rights 231
49. Education: Einstein’s Views 232
50. Jewish Identity and Ties 234
51. Organizational Ties 241
52. Political Contexts 246
53. Political Philosophy 263
54. Religion 268
55. Appendixes
56. Appendix A. Select Books and Documentaries 271
57. Appendix B. Copyright, Licensing, and Permissions 281
58. Appendix C. Select Annotated Bibliography 283
59. References 327
60. Index 333