3 5 8 I N D E X
EINSTEIN, ALBERT (1879–1955): SCIENCE (cont.)
Einstein 1910a, on, 4–5
Einstein 1919a, on, 232
Einstein, Edith, on dissertation of, 122,
180–181
Electromagnetic field, primacy over pon-
derable matter, 310
Eötvös’s law, 9
Flight, on theory of, 25, 28
Forces, atomic and molecular, on inade-
quate knowledge of, 306
Formal analogies in physics, 310
Grossmann, Marcel, collaboration with,
21
Guillaume, Edouard: on considerations
of, 210–211, 223, 259; unable to un-
derstand considerations of, 205, 223,
225, 241, 271, 272, 335
Haber, Fritz, on experimental proposal by,
279–280
Hall effect, 314
Julius, Willem, discussion with on solar
physics, 163
Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike: discussions
with, 168; visits laboratory of, 156
Lenard, Philipp, debate with at GDNÄ
meeting in Bad Nauheim, 275
Lewis and Tolman 1909, on, 7
Light emission and absorption, 25, 28
Lorentz, Hendrik A.: attends colloquium
of, 136; attends lecture of, 159; discus-
sions with, 174; talks on gravitation
theory and eclipse results with, 139
Meeting on magnetism in Leyden (“Mag-
net-Woche”), 222, 233
Nernst’s heat theorem, 10, 12
Polak, Martin, debate with, 173
Probability, comments on Heinrich Zang-
ger’s manuscript on, 99
Quantum theory: of Sommerfeld and Ep-
stein, works by on, 50; on Kottler’s
singularities in light waves as quanta,
220; Bohr’s derivation of quantum
states, 151; derivation of Planck’s ra-
diation formula, 29, 216
Radiation, theory, 6
Redshift: 192; and Weyl’s theory, 215–
216; changes due to eccentricity of
Earth’s orbit, 36; observational diffi-
culties, 36–37, 215; solar observation
of, 215; on Grebe and Bachem’s re-
sults, 209; on Grebe’s measurements,
261; stellar observation of, 36, 144–
145; terrestrial, for measuring gravita-
tional potential of Earth, 36
Relativity and thermodynamics, common
principles of, 73
Relativity, general: absolute differential
calculus, 13; acceptance of, 20, 39, 48,
in the Netherlands, 31; and Entwurf
theory, 21; eclipse expedition of 1919,
140; energy tensor in, De Donder on,
232; gravitational waves in, 25, 28, 38;
light deflection, corrected value of,
309; meaning of dt in, 210; Mercury
perihelion in, 19, 37; new derivation of
gravitational field equations, 14; no
more task in, 24; on influence of grav-
itation on clocks, 223–224; rotating
magnets and conductors in, 217
Relativity, special: Doppler shift, 260;
electrodynamic field of moving rods,
5–6; light wavefront in, 345; rotation
of solid bodies in, 3–8; reality of
length contraction, 7
Schweizerische Naturforschende Gesell-
schaft, Congress, intends to participate
in, 77
Sommerfeld: praises for quantum theoret-
ical results, 40; praises Sommerfeld
1921, 337
Specific heat of H molecule, 282
Stokes-Planck ether, 149
Time, reversal invariance of in living or-
ganisms and in fundamental theories
of physics, 31–32
Teyler Foundation, visit to Physics Labo-
ratory of, 30
Unified field theory: connection between
gravitation and electromagnetism, 37;
on overdetermination, 315
Viscosity of suspensions, calculates, 6
Weyl, Hermann: difficulty with publica-
tion of paper by, 99; measuring-rod in-
variance of, arguments against, 216–
217; on Hamiltonian of, 37
Wöhlisch, Edgar, on relationship between
molecular volume and heat of combus-