I N D E X 9 7 9 on problems of development of, 89 research and teaching at, 325 on science courses at, 327 supports establishment of institutes for theoret- ical disciplines rather than for empirical dis- ciplines, 294 Technion, Haifa, opposes taking on, 328 on untenability of current situation at, 104 unification of academic and administrative leadership in role of chancellor, strongly opposes, 329 views himself as a savage in regard to, 691 Jewish academics, advancement of, 596 Jewish Agency, expansion of, 558, 562 Jewish causes, in service of, 654 is an object more than a person, 654 Jewish Diaspora, xlii Jewish identity genesis of, liv most intimate friends were Jewish, 654 not aware of until age 35, 654 Jewish intellectual tradition, 294, 596 Jewish joke, AE tells, 6 Jewish National and University Library, 18 Jewish people compares to a “beheaded animal,” 562 national renaissance of, 558 “Jewish saint,” describes himself as, lv Jewish solidarity, dangers of “gilded degenera- tion” for, 23 Jewish spiritual and moral tradition, advocates preservation of, 690 Jewish students, International Student Service’s aid to, 129n Jews and Christians relations, 378, 859a Jews in public life, on “over-representation” of, 313 League of Nations, Jewish representation at, op- poses, 913 on non-Jews, 375 involvement in intra-Jewish conflicts, 320 on orthodox Jews, 913 Palestine, xlii on colonization of, 18, 24, 558, 699 impor- tance of for “Jewish psyche” and status of Jews, 439 future hopes for, 657 Jewish land acquisition, Diaspora funding for, 671, 700 as Jewish National Home, 18, 558 role for Jewish communal spirit, 556 as unifying center, 556 regrets not being more diligent in studying He- brew and Jewish literature at school, 652 Russian-Jewish émigrés in Germany, supports, 692 Soviet Union, Jews, assistance for, 692 Technion, Haifa, 237 opposes HU taking on, 328 United Palestine Appeal, 558 United States, Jews, 558 Zionism, active on behalf of, 26 PATENTS A.E.G., AE on negotiations with, 244 allows Szilard to file in own name instead of jointly, 109 called as expert witness in Leipzig, lvi, 290n device producing oscillatory motion, with Szi- lard, 856a gliding field pumps and capillary pump, 420 loudspeaker, with Goldschmidt, 719–721, 888a, 890a patent dispute, expert in, 12 refrigerator, 68 refrigerator, with Szilard, lxxvii, 119, 151–156, 244, 316, 803a, 809a, 825a, 831a, 834a, 835a proceeds, 883a work on, 287 PERSONAL Aargau Kantonsschule, reminisces about, 457n activities, most are superfluous, 532 adolescence, lxxxv on age, his, xlii, 531 on altruism, 910 anthology of writings, first, xli on apathy, 445 aphorisms on Bach, 286 on individualism, 4 on nadir of civilization, 230 on Schubert, 465 on snobbery, 249 on architecture, 909 astrology, mocks, 419 “atheist,” attacked as, 717n on avoiding social functions, 76 Berlin apartment burglarized, lxii