Table of Contents

Volume 1: The Early Years, 1879-1902

• Publisher's Foreword xi11
• List of Texts xv15
• List of Illustrations xxi21
• General Introduction xxvii27
• Editorial Method xxx30
• Introduction to Volume 1 xxxv35
• Acknowledgments xlii42
• List of Location Symbols xlv45
• List of Descriptive Symbols xlvii47
• "Albert Einstein-Beitrag für sein Lebensbild" (Excerpt) by Maja Winteler-Einstein xlviii48
• Map lxviii68
• TEXTS lxvii67
• • 1. Birth Certificate 169
  • 2. Pauline Einstein to Fanny Einstein 371
  • 3. Comment on the Proof of a Theorem 371
  • 4. Two Philosophical Comments 472
  • • EINSTEIN'S FIRST SCIENTIFIC ESSAY 573
  • 5. On the Investigation of the State of the Ether in a Magnetic Field 674
  • 6. To Caesar Koch 977
  • • ETH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ANDAARGAU KANTONSSCHULE 1078
  • 7. Albin Herzog to Gustav Maier 1280
  • 8. Entrance Report of the Gewerbeschule, Aargau Kantonsschule 1381
  • 9. Gustav Maier to Jost Winteler 1482
  • 10. Aargau Kantonsschule Record 1583
  • 11. Hermann Einstein to Jost Winteler 1785
  • 12. Minutes of the Teachers' Conference, Aargau Kantonsschule 1886
  • 13. Jost Winteler to Gustav Maier 1886
  • 14. Hermann Einstein to Jost Winteler 1987
  • 15. Pauline Einstein to the Winteler Family 1987
  • 16. Release from Württemberg Citizenship 2088
  • 17. Inspector's Report on a Music Examination, Aargau Kantonsschule 2189
  • 18. To Marie Winteler, with a Postscript by Pauline Einstein 2189
  • 19. Final Grades, Aargau Kantonsschule 2391
  • • MATURA EXAMINATIONS AT THE GEWERBESCHULE,AARGAU KANTONSSCHULE 2391
  • 20. To the Department of Education, Canton of Aargau 2593
  • 21. Matura Examination (A) German: "Synopsis of Goethe's Götz von Berlichingen" 2593
  • 22. Matura Examination (B) French: "My Future Plans" 2896
  • 23. Matura Examination (C) Geometry 2997
  • 24. Matura Examination (D) Physics: "Tangent Galvanometer and Galvanometer" 32100
  • 25. Matura Examination (E) Natural History: "Evidence of the Earlier Glaciation of Our Country" 35103
  • 26. Matura Examination (F) Algebra 39107
  • 27. Matura Examination (G) Chemistry 41109
  • • THE SWISS FEDERAL POLYTECHNICALSCHOOL (ETH) 43111
  • 28. ETH Record and Grade Transcript 45113
  • 29. From Marie Winteler 50118
  • 30. From Marie Winteler 52120
  • 31. Pauline Einstein to Marie Winteler 53121
  • 32. Pauline Einstein to Marie Winteler 54122
  • 33. Statement of a Fine 54122
  • 34. To Pauline Winteler 55123
  • 35. To Pauline Winteler 57125
  • 36. From Mileva Maric 58126
  • • EINSTEIN AS A STUDENT OF PHYSICS,AND HIS NOTES ONH. F. WEBER'S COURSE 60128
  • 37. H. F. Weber's Lectures on Physics 63131
  • 38. To Maja Einstein 211279
  • 39. To Mileva Maric 211279
  • 40. To Mileva Maric 213281
  • 41. To Mileva Maric 213281
  • 42. Jerome Franel to Hermann Bleuler 214282
  • 43. To Mileva Maric 215283
  • 44. To Maja Einstein 215283
  • 45. To Mileva Maric 215283
  • 46. To Rosa Winteler 217285
  • 47. To Rosa Winteler 218286
  • 48. To Julia Niggli 218286
  • 49. Verse in the Album of Anna Schmid 220288
  • 50. To Mileva Maric 220288
  • 51. To Julia Niggli 221289
  • • EINSTEIN ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OFMOVING BODIES 223291
  • 52. To Mileva Maric 225293
  • 53. From Mileva Maric 228296
  • 54. To Mileva Maric 229297
  • 55. To Julia Niggli 231299
  • 56. To Pauline Winteler 232300
  • 57. To Mileva Maric 233301
  • • EINSTEIN ON THERMAL, ELECTRICAL,AND RADIATION PHENOMENA 235303
  • 58. To Mileva Maric 237305
  • • SWISS CITIZENSHIP 239307
  • 59. Municipal Certificate of Residence and Good Conduct 241309
  • 60. To the Swiss Federal Council 242310
  • 61. From Mileva Maric 242310
  • 62. To the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs 243311
  • 63. Mileva Maric to Helene Kaufler 243311
  • 64. Mileva Maric to Helene Kaufler 244312
  • 65. To the Zurich City Council 245313
  • 66. Municipal Police Detective's Report 246314
  • 67. Adolf Hurwitz to Hermann Bleuler 247315
  • 68. To Mileva Maric 248316
  • 69. To Mileva Maric 249317
  • 70. To Mileva Maric 251319
  • 71. To Mileva Maric 252320
  • 72. To Mileva Maric 254322
  • 73. To Mileva Maric 255323
  • 74. To Mileva Maric 257325
  • 75. To Mileva Maric 259327
  • 76. To Mileva Maric 261329
  • 77. To Adolf Hurwitz 263331
  • 78. To Adolf Hurwitz 264332
  • • EINSTEIN ON MOLECULAR FORCES 264332
  • 79. To Mileva Maric 266334
  • 80. Mileva Maric to Helene Kaufler 268336
  • 81. To Helene Kaufler 268336
  • 82. Questionnaire for Municipal Citizenship Applicants 269337
  • 83. Mileva Maric to Helene Savic, with a Postscript by Einstein 270338
  • • "Conclusions Drawn from the Phenomenaof Capillarity" 271339
  • 84. Minutes of the Municipal Naturalization Commission of Zurich 271339
  • 85. Mileva Marie to Helene Savic 272340
  • 86. To Helene Savic 274342
  • 87. Mileva Maric to Helene Savic, with a Postscript by Einstein 274342
  • 88. Report of the Schweizerisches Informationsbureau 275343
  • 89. Dedication to Friedrich Mühlberg 276344
  • 90. To Otto Wiener 277345
  • 91. Military Service Book 277345
  • 92. To Wilhelm Ostwald 278346
  • 93. To Mileva Maric 279347
  • 94. To Mileva Maric 281349
  • 95. To Wilhelm Ostwald 284352
  • 96. To Mileva Maric 284352
  • 97. To Mileva Maric 286354
  • 98. To Heike Kamerlingh Onnes 288356
  • 99. Hermann Einstein to Wilhelm Ostwald 289357
  • 100. To Marcel Grossmann 290358
  • 101. To Mileva Maric 291359
  • 102. To Mileva Maric 293361
  • 103. From Mileva Maric 295363
  • 104. To Alfred Stern 296364
  • 105. From Mileva Maric 297365
  • 106. To Mileva Maric 298366
  • 107. To Mileva Maric 300368
  • 108. From Mileva Maric 301369
  • 109. Mileva Maric to Helene Savic 301369
  • 110. To Mileva Maric 303371
  • 111. To Mileva Maric 304372
  • 112. To Mileva Maric 306374
  • 113. To the Director's Office, Technikum Burgdorf 307375
  • 114. To Mileva Maric 308376
  • 115. To Jost Winteler 309377
  • 116. From Mileva Maric 310378
  • 117. To the Department of Education, Canton of Bern 311379
  • 118. From the Department of Internal Affairs, Canton of Bern 312380
  • 119. To Mileva Maric 312380
  • 120. From the Department of Internal Affairs, Canton of Bern 313381
  • 121. From Mileva Maric 313381
  • 122. To Marcel Grossmann 315383
  • 123. From Mileva Maric 316384
  • 124. From Mileva Maric 317385
  • 125. Mileva Maric to Helene Savic 319387
  • 126. To Mileva Maric 320388
  • 127. To Mileva Maric 322390
  • 128. To Mileva Maric 325393
  • 129. To the Swiss Patent Office 327395
  • 130. To Mileva Maric 328396
  • 131. To Mileva Maric 329397
  • 132. Receipt for the Return of Doctoral Fees 331399
  • 133. To Conrad Habicht 331399
  • 134. To Mileva Maric 332400
  • 135. Advertisement for Private Lessons 334402
  • 136. To Mileva Maric 334402
  • 137. To Mileva Maric 335403
  • 138. Pauline Einstein to Pauline Winteler 336404
  • • "On the Thermodynamic Theory of the Differencein Potentials between Metals and FullyDissociated Solutions of Their Salts and onan Electrical Method for InvestigatingMolecular Forces" 337405
  • 139. To Conrad Habicht 337405
  • • "Kinetic Theory of Thermal Equilibrium and ofthe Second Law of Thermodynamics" 337405
  • 140. The Swiss Department of Justice to the Swiss Federal Council 338406
  • 141. From the Swiss Department of Justice 339407
  • 142. From the Swiss Patent Office 340408
• A. Munich Volksschule, Curriculum 341409
• B. Luitpold-Gymnasium, Curriculum 346414
• C. ETH Entrance Examination, Required Topics 356424
• D. Aargau Kantonsschule, Curriculum 359427
• E. ETH, Einstein's Curriculum 362430
• Chronology, March 1879-June 1902 370438
• Biographies 378446
• Literature Cited 391459
• Index 409477