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JUNE-JULY
1905 21
but
I
believe
that
a simple
relationship
between these
phenomena
and those
already
investigated
does
not
exist
at
all,
so
that, for the moment, the
thing
looks
rather
unpromising
to
me.[4]
A
consequence
of the
study on
electrodynamics
did
cross my
mind.[5]
Namely,
the
relativity principle,
in association with Maxwell's
fundamental
equations, requires
that
the
mass
be
a
direct
measure
of
the
energy
contained
in
a
body;[6]
light
carries
mass
with
it.
A noticeable reduction of
mass
would have to
take
place
in
the
case
of
radium.[7]
The consideration
is
amusing
and
seductive;
but
for all
I know,
God
Almighty
might
be
laughing
at the whole matter and
might
have
been
leading
me
around
by
the
nose.
29.
To Rudolf Martin
Bern,
20
July
1905
To
the
Dean of
Section Two
of the
Philosophical Faculty
of
the
University
of Zurich
Highly
esteemed
Sir:[1]
On
the
strength
of
the enclosed
paper[2]
I
herewith take
the
liberty
of
applying
for
a
doctoral
degree.
I
completed
the first
6V2
grades at
the
Luitpold-gymnasium
in
Munich,[3]
and
graduated
from
the
Technical
School
of
the
Aarau Kantonsschule
in
the
summer
of
1896,
after
having
been
a
student
at
that institution
for
one year.[4]
In
1896-1900
I
attended the
Fed.
Polytechnikum,
where
I
passed
the
diploma
examination
in
the
last-
mentioned
year.[5]
In the
years
that
followed
I
worked
temporarily
as a
teacher
in
various
schools,[6]
and
in
June
1902
I
was
appointed Expert
at the
Fed. Patent Office in
Bern,[7]
which
post I
occupy
to this
day.
On
the
strength
of the enclosed records of
study,
I request exemption
from
the oral
and the
written
examination.
Respectfully yours,
Albert Einstein
Besenscheuerweg
28,
Bern
30.
To
Conrad Habicht
[20
July
1905-summer
1915][1]
Both of
us, alas,
dead drunk under the
table.
Your
poor
Steissbein[2]
& wife
· ·
][3]
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