CALENDAR 1916 1003
ca.
July
3 Einstein-Maric
is
confined to bed in Zurich
for
more
than
a
year.
July
7 Commemorates the death
of
O. Hartmann. Provenance:
Deutsche
Physikalische Gesellschaft.
Verhandlungen
18
(30
July
1916),
nos.
13-14,
p.
316.
July
13
Elected
a
member
of
the commission
of
the PAW to decide
the Schwarzschild succession. Provenance: Kirsten
and
Treder
1979b,
p.
221.
July
17
"Emission and
Absorption
of
Radiation
in
Quantum
The-
ory"
(Vol. 6,
Doc.
34),
in which Einstein introduces his
probability
coefficients
for
radiation transitions.
July
20 Attends
a meeting
of
the
commission
of the
PAW
for the
Schwarzschild
succession,
in which the candidacies
of
Friedrich
Küstner,
Emil
Wiechert,
Hans
Ludendorff,
and
Gustav
Müller
are
discussed. Provenance:
GyBAW,
II-VI,
Vol. 20,
p.
119. [83 946].
July
21
Delivers two lectures to the DPG
on
the
quantum theory
of
absorption
and emission
of
radiation,
and
on
directed wire-
less
telegraphy.
Provenance: Deutsche
Physikalische
Gesellschaft.
Verhandlungen
18 (30
July
1916),
nos.
13-14,
p.
317.
ca. August
"Preface"
to
Erwin
Freundlich,
The Foundations
of Ein-
stein’s
Theory
of
Gravitation
(Vol. 6,
Doc.
35).
August 11
Review
of
H.
A.
Lorentz,
Statistical
Theories
in
Thermo-
dynamics:
Five
Lectures
...,
and Einstein’s
"Summary
of
The Foundation
of the
General
Theory
of
Relativity"
(Vol.
6,
Docs. 36 and
37).
after
August
24
"On
the
Quantum Theory
of
Radiation" is
published
in the
Mitteilungen
of
the
Physikalische Gesellschaft
Zürich
(Vol. 6,
Doc.
38).
August
25
"Elementary Theory
of
Water Waves and
of
Flight" (Vol. 6,
Doc.
39)
appears
in Die
Naturwissenschaften.
before
September
8
1-page
PTr. Poem
by
Hedi Born
celebrating development
of
general relativity.
Provenance:
Born, H.
and
M. 1969,
p.
119.
[8
251].
September
27
Begins
2-week visit to Holland.
Oct
16-Mar
15,
1917 Offers
a course on relativity
at the
University
of
Berlin,
Thursdays,
2-4
P.M.
Provenance: Berlin
Verzeichnis
1916b.
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