2 3 4 D O C U M E N T 1 3 2 J A N U A R Y 1 9 2 8 sein, und es würde mich sehr[13] freuen, wenn Zanggers herzlich ausgedachter Plan zur Wirklichkeit werden könnte. Sonst möchte ich, dass Anna den Versuch macht, jung Albert aufzufüttern, wie sie es während der paar Tage an der Universitäts- strasse mit Albert dem Älteren mit Erfolg machen durfte.[14] Das alles schreibe ich natürlich nicht mit der Absicht, es so oder so zu reisen, gar in der Meinung, besser zu wissen, wie man es machen solle. Vielmehr kommt gerade zum Ausdruck unseremeine tiefe Verstricktheit, und wie alles so kommt, wie es muss, während sich über dieser Erde der Himmel der reinen Erkenntnis und ihrer Harmonien wölbt. Herzlichen Gruss von deinem Michele. ADftLSX. Einstein and Besso 1972, pp. 237–240. [7 101]. It is possible Besso did not send this letter, as Heinrich Zangger may have dissuaded him (see Einstein and Besso 1972, pp. 237 and 240). [1] Einstein and Besso had met in Brig in the Swiss canton of Valais in August 1926 (see Einstein to Michele Besso, 6 August 1926 [Vol. 15, Doc. 346]) they subsequently also met in Visp in the Swiss canton of Valais and spent time together in Saint-Maurice and Berisal in late July 1927 (see Doc. 58, note 2). Einstein had apparently urged Besso to start work on a thesis, possibly on wireless transmission, in the autumn of 1900, yet he abandoned it a year later (see Bracco 2014, p. 17). [2] Anna Besso-Winteler. Vero Besso was a lawyer in Zurich. Marco (1922–1995) and Tycho (1924–2008). Einstein had introduced Anna to Besso when she visited Zurich in June 1897 (see Bracco 2014, p. 17). [3] Besso had been hired at the Swiss Patent Office upon the recommendation of Einstein in 1904 (see his biography, Vol. 1, p. 379). [4] In the spring of 1904, Besso moved from Trieste to Bern, where he became Einstein’s colleague at the Patent Office. In the following years, they saw much of each other, both at work and after office hours (see, e.g., Einstein and Besso 1972, p. xxiv). In Einstein 1905r (Vol. 2, Doc. 23), Einstein acknowledges Besso’s support and “many a valuable suggestion” (“manche wertvolle Anregung”) by him (p. 921). [5] Although, at the time, Einstein acknowledged Besso’s aid in the genesis of special relativity (Einstein 1905r), as mentioned in the preceding note, Besso here indicates that his help was most important in the writing of Einstein 1905i, the paper on the light quantum hypothesis. [6] Planck’s early correspondence with Einstein (see Vol. 5, Doc. 47) contains discussions of Einstein’s work on both quantum theory and the relativity principle. [7] Both Einstein and Besso were married to non-Jews. On the departure of Mileva and their sons Hans Albert and Eduard from Berlin in late July 1914, see Einstein to Elsa Einstein, 30 July 1914 (Vol. 8, Doc. 29). [8] See note 1 for the meeting in Berisal. [9] Hans Albert Einstein. [10] Eduard Einstein. [11] At the August Klönne steel fabrication company in Dortmund. [12] Heinrich Zangger. [13] Underlined four times. [14] Einstein spent a week under Anna’s care in Zurich in late August and early September 1917 when he was suffering from a recurrence of his abdominal ailments see Einstein to Heinrich Zangger, 26 August 1917 (Vol. 8, Doc. 376a, in Vol. 10).