2 1 8 I N D E X
Eddington, Arthur S. (1882–1944), 84, 135
AE on, 156
on Eddington 1921e, 107
in Germany, 148
pacifism of, 125
unified field theory of, 119, 156
Ehrenfest, Anna (Galinka) (1910–1979), paint-
ings of, 36
Ehrenfest, Arthur (1862–1931), 15, 20, 25
Ehrenfest, Hugo, 26, 48
Ehrenfest, Paul (1880–1933), 15, 17, 19, 22, 43,
81, 82, 89, 107, 113, 118, 151, 182
AE on, 211
AE on violins for daughters of, 67
on AE’s lecturing on non-relativity topics, 36
on AE’s planned lectures at University of Ley-
den, 48–49
on AE’s political moves in the Netherlands,
48–49, 57
on AE’s proposal for radiation experiment, 25
on AE’s reluctance to travel, 27
on AE’s US lecture tour, 25, 48
on being prepared to be Bohr’s assistent, 209
on Bjerrum, 209
on Bohr, 209
on Busch’s performance, 27
children of, 21, 182; AE plays with, 183
on feeling happy in Bohr’s home, 209
on Hebrew University, 57
on his brothers, 26
on Ioffe, 26, 108–109
invites AE to lecture in Leyden, 17–18
on possible trip by AE to Holland, 57
praises AE’s Zionist mission tour, 57
reports on AE’s Dutch finances, 17
requests that AE forward paper for publication,
36
requests AE’s help in getting visa for
Rozhdestvensky, 18
Russian physicists, requests AE’s intervention
for visa for, 26
Solvay Congress, Third
requests visa for, 36
stands in for Bohr, 27, 44
vacations in Copenhagen, 209
visits Berlin, 108, 110
wishes to visit US, 25–26, 48
Ehrenfest, Tatiana (1905–1984), 48
vacations in Copenhagen, 209
wishes to visit US, 26
Ehrenfest-Afanassjewa, Tatiana (1876–1964),
209
Ehrenfest family, AE stays with, 183
Ehrenhaft, Felix (1879–1952), 19, 30
experiments on elementary electric charge, 32
subelectrons of, 190
Ehrenhaft-Steindler, Olga (1879–1933), 20, 30
Ehrwald (Tirol), 176
Einstein Donation Fund. See Albert-Einstein-
Spende
EINSTEIN,
ALBERT (1879–1955)
FINANCES
bank account in the Netherlands, 17, 22
financial help for Zurich family, 5–6, 148
French translations, 118
honoraria
Methuen publishing house, 21
publication of Princeton lectures, 93
money left in US, 157
needs funds in the Netherlands and Switzer-
land, 81
INVENTIONS
refrigerator, with Nernst, 135
INVITATIONS
FROM
American Jewish Physicians Committee, 56
INVITATIONS
TO LECTURE
AT/IN
Association for the Promotion of Mathematical
and Scientific Education, Japan, 161, 182,
183, 189
City College of New York, 93
Columbia University, 100, 105
Düsseldorf, 189
German Red Cross, on his impressions in US,
113
International Congress of Philosophy, 202
King’s College, 92, 96
National Academy of Sciences, 50
Princeton University, 50, 81, 91, 93
University of Bologna, 111, 124, 142, 151,
163, 166, 169, 183
University of Chicago, 93
University of Geneva, 167
University of Manchester, 72, 96
University of Munich, 79, 121, 124, 139, 141,

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142, 167–168, 168, 173
University of Wisconsin, 47
Yale University, 47
JEWISH
MATTERS
address at Zionist rally in Blütner Hall, Berlin,
144
advised to emigrate to Jerusalem, 123
on being a “loyal Jew,” 127
on being a novice in Zionist matters, 102
on concept of Jewish community, 69
criticizes ZOA policy, 102, 103
on extreme Jewish nationalism being prevent-
ed by small size and dependence of Pales-
tine, 81
Hebrew University, on planned speeches on
behalf of, 91
on insignificance of religious affiliation, 127
on interpretation of term Jew, 11
Jewish community of Berlin, does not join, 11,
61, 66–67, 69
is Jewish due to his nationality, 11
on Jews as race, nation, or social community,
127
Jews more clever than courageous, 103
on Jews’ deference to non-Jews, 101
on nationalism among Jews, 110
organizes gathering to establish University Aid
Committee, 97
ready to help individual Jews and non-religious
Jewish organizations, 69
solidarity with his fellow Jews, 68
on University Aid Committee, 90–91
on Zionism, 110
Zionist mission to US, 50, 52, 67, 68, 101, 102–
103, 110
on indignation of German Jews about, 67
invited to participate in, 46, 90
joins, 54, 59, 61, 71
LECTURES
AT
Dresden, 20
King’s College, London, 121
Princeton University, 47, 101, 114, 154
Technical University of Dresden, 20, 30
University of Bologna, 183
University of Leyden, 44, 48–49
University of Munich, cancels, 161–162
University of Padova, 183
Urania in Prague, 13
Vienna, 13, 30
Yale University, 50
PERSONAL
arrangements for summer vacation, 117
on arts and science, 30
on attire, 190
on being born for concentration and not for ad-
aptation, 9
on being paralyzed by variety of duties, 9
on being termed a “wild animal,” 72
on being too much in the public eye, 167
on Berlin, 78
compares Latins, Germans, and Swiss, 9
cottage in Spandau, 138, 141, 142, 149
devoted to German friends and not to
Germany, 71
enormous capability of concentration, Besso
on, 139
fed up with relativity, 13
feels aggrieved by German physicists, 149
felt like prize ox in US, 103
on gaining weight, 182
happy with failure of US lecture tour, 44
has no English, 50, 93
on hasty life, 85
ill with: enteritis, 19, 27; inflammation of
throat, 150
interested in Oriental people and culture, 161
internationally minded, 71
on Italy being expensive, 173
on laziness in letter-writing, 78
on Margot Einstein, 147, 149
on meager knowledge of Italian, 169, 173
on meager prospects for careers in science, 163
on moral duty to remain in Berlin, 154
on morale in cities, 162
on moving Swiss family to Germany, 9, 148,
167, 183
music
plays Mozart in Prague, 13
plays quartet in Prague, 13
negates existence of the spiritual as separate
from the material, 35–36
new domestic helper as temptation, 184
no religious affiliation, 11
no soul without body, 35
not spoilt by fame, 68

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on measuring elasticity constants of diamond,
42
on Moszkowski’s book on AE, 41
on Pauli, 176, 192, 194
pessimist in politics, 43
on Polányi’s work, 193
on problems with Boguslavsky’s visa, 41
on quanta as hopeless mess, 176
requests KWIP funds for X-ray apparatus, 143,
175, 192
on Soldner, 194, 211
on thermodynamics of crystals, 176
visits Ehrwald, 176
Bothe, Walther (1891–1957), 211
Bragg, William H. (1862–1942), 87
Bragg, William L. (1890–1971), 108
Brandeis, Louis D. (1856–1941), 96, 130; on
meeting AE and Elsa Einstein in Washington,
D.C., 96
Brandeis group, dispute with Weizmann, 102
Bredig, Georg (1868–1944), 54
Brillouin, Léon (1889–1969), 87
Brillouin, Marcel (1854–1948), 87
Bródy, Imre (1891–1944), 42, 140, 176; collabo-
rates with Born, 176
Brown, Cyril (1887–1949), 124
Buisson, Henri, 103, 107
Bund “Neues Vaterland” (BNV), 12
appeal for donations, 109
sues Le Matin, 19
Busch, Adolf (1891–1952), 21, 27
Butler, Nicolas (1862–1947), 100, 110
Byk, Alfred (1878–1942), 42; on corresponding
states and quanta, 33
California Institute of Technology, Millikan
appointed director of, 153
Canal ray experiment on light emission, 149,
162, 168, 189, 201, 205, 211
AE on, 143, 156
Lorentz on, 184–188
Canal rays, 134; Doppler effect in, 168
Carathéodory, Constantin (1873–1950), 42
Cardozo, Benjamin (1870–1938), 98
Carvallo, Emmanuel (1856–1945), 89
Cassirer, Ernst (1874–1945), 140
Cathode ray scattering
AE on, 133
Meitner on, 132–133
Central Association of German Citizens of the
Jewish Faith, on AE’s disagreements with the
Association, 56
Chicago, 119, 197; AE on planned stay in, 91, 93
Chulanovsky, Vladimir M. (1889–1969), re-
quests AE’s help for Rozhdestvensky’s visit,
47
Clarté movement, Barbusse on, 188–189
Classen, Johannes W. (1864–1928), on Ampère’s
molecular currents, 46, 51
Clausius inequality, explained by general relativ-
ity, 120
Coal, AE on role in economy of, 40–41
Cohen, Morris (1880–1947), 102, 105, 131
offers to approach US universities for invita-
tions to AE, 105
review of books on relativity, 131
thanks for AE’s gifts, 131
College of the City of New York, 102, 105
Columbia University, 100, 105, 131; awards AE
Barnard Medal, 4
Conductivity of irradiated crystals, Ioffe on, 108
Copenhagen, 20, 24, 43, 140, 209
Courant, Richard (1888–1972), 176, 199
Crucy, François (1875–1958), 199
Crystals, Born on, 176, 193
Curie, Marie (1967–1934), 87
Dante Alighieri, 173
De Haas, Wander. See Haas, Wander de
Debye, Peter (1884–1966), 16, 123, 176
Deutsche Glasglühlicht Aktiengesellschaft, divi-
dend sent to Einstein-Maric;, 6
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG),
meeting in Jena, 140; AE will not attend, 149,
163
Doppler effect, in canal rays, 168
Dornach, 207
Double stars, in relativity, 129, 136–137, 154,
164–165, 197
DPG. See Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Dualism of field and matter, AE against, 196
Dunn, Gano (1870–1953), 94, 105
Dutch-German eclipse expedition (1922), 198
Dutch Society of Sciences, publications of in He-
brew University library, 117
Eberhard, Gustav (1867–1940), 84
Eclipse expedition to Dutch East Indies (1922),
198

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