The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918

by Albert Einstein, Robert Schulmann, A. J. Kox, Michel Janssen, József Illy

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691048499
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	11/29/1998
Series:	Collected Papers of Albert Einstein , #8
Edition description:	Two volumes.
Pages:	1232
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Language:	German

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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