Table of Contents

Volume 2: The Swiss Years: Writings, 1900-1909 (English translation supplement)

• Publisher's Foreword xi9
• Preface xiii11
• TEXTS xv13
• • Doc. 1 CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THE PHENOMENA OF CAPILLARITY by Albert Einstein [Annalen der Physik 4 (1901): 513-523] 115
  • Doc. 2 ON THE THERMODYNAMIC THEORY OF THE DIFFERENCE IN POTENTIALS BETWEEN METALS AND FULLY DISSOCIATED SOLUTIONS OF THEIR SALTS AND ON AN ELECTRICAL METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING MOLECULAR FORCES By A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 8 (1902): 798-814] 1226
  • Doc. 3 KINETIC THEORY OF THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM AND OF THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 9 (1902): 417-433] 3044
  • Doc. 4 A THEORY OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THERMODYNAMICS by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 11 (1903): 170-187] 4862
  • Doc. 5 ON THE GENERAL MOLECULAR THEORY OF HEAT by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 14 (1904): 354-362] 6882
  • Doc. 6 Review of G. BELLUZZO, "Principles of Graphic Thermodynamics" ("Principi di termodinamica grafica," Il Nuovo Cimento 8 (1904): 196-222, 241-263) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 235] 7892
  • Doc. 7 Review of A. FLIEGNER, "On Clausius's Law of Entropy" ("Über den Clausius'schen Entropiesatz," Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich. Vierteljahrsschrift 48 (1903): 1-48) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 236] 7993
  • Doc. 8 Review of W. McFadden ORR, "On Clausius' Theorem for Irreversible Cycles, and on the Increase of Entropy" (Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 8 (Series 6) (1904): 509-527) [Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 237] 7993
  • Doc. 9 Review of G. H. BRYAN, "The Law of Degradation of Energy as the Fundamental Principle of Thermodynamics" ("Das Gesetz von der Entwertung der Energie als Fundamentalprinzip der Thermodynamik," in Meyer, S., ed., Festschrift. Ludwig Boltzmann gewidm 8094
  • Doc. 10 Review of N. N. SCHILLER, "Some Concerns Regarding the Theory of Entropy Increase Due to the Diffusion of Gases Where the Initial Pressures of the Latter Are Equal" ("Einige Bedenken betreffend die Theorie der Entropievermehrung durch Diffusion d 8195
  • Doc. 11 Review of J. J. WEYRAUCH, "On the Specific Heats of Superheated Water Vapor" ("Über die spezifischen Wärmen des überhitzten Wasserdampfes," Zeitschrift des Vereines deutscher Ingenieure 48 (1904): 24-28, 50-54. Reprint, 9 pp.) [Beiblätter zu den 8296
  • Doc. 12 Review of J. H. van't HOFF, "The Influence of the Changes in Specific Heat on the Work of Conversion" ("Einfluss der Änderungen der spezifischen Wärme auf die Umwandlungsarbeit," in Meyer, S., ed., Festschrift. Ludwig Boltzmann gewidmet zum sechz 8296
  • Doc. 13 Review of A. GIAMMARCO, "A Case of Corresponding States in Thermodynamics" ("Un caso di corrispondenza in termodinamica," Il Nuovo Cimento 5 (5) (1903): 377-391) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 246] 8498
  • Doc. 14 ON A HEURISTIC POINT OF VIEW CONCERNING THE PRODUCTION AND TRANSFORMATION OF LIGHT by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 17 (1905): 132-148] 86100
  • Doc. 15 A NEW DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR DIMENSIONS 104118
  • Doc. 16 ON THE MOVEMENT OF SMALL PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN STATIONARY LIQUIDS REQUIRED BY THE MOLECULAR-KINETIC THEORY OF HEAT by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 17 (1905): 549-560] 123137
  • Doc. 17 Review of K. F. SLOTTE, "On the Heat of Fusion" ("Über die Schmelzwärme," Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten. Ofversigt af Forhandlingar 47, no. 7 (1904): 1-8) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 623] 135149
  • Doc. 18 Review of K. F. SLOTTE, "Conclusions Drawn from a Thermodynamic Equation" ("Folgerungen aus einer thermodynamischen Gleichung," Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten. Ofversigt af Forhandlingar 47, no. 8 (1904): 1-3) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 135149
  • Doc. 19 Review of M. E. MATHIAS, "The Constant a of Rectilinear Diameters and the Laws of Corresponding States" ("La constante a des diametres rectilignes et les lois des etats correspondents (2e memoire)," Journal de Physique theorique et appliquee 4 (S 136150
  • Doc. 20 Review of M. PLANCK, "On Clausius' Theorem for Irreversible Cycles and on the Increase of Entropy" (Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 9 (Series 6) (1905): 167-168) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 635] 137151
  • Doc. 21 Review of E. BUCKINGHAM, "On Certain Difficulties Which are Encountered in the Study of Thermodynamics" (Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 9 (Series 6) (1905): 208-214) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 635] 137151
  • Doc. 22 Review of P. LANGEVIN, "On a Fundamental Formula of the Kinetic Theory" ("Sur une formule fondamentale de la theorie cinetique," Academie des Sciences (Paris). Comptes rendus 140 (1905): 35-38) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 640] 138152
  • Doc. 23 ON THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF MOVING BODIES by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 17 (1905): 891-921] 140154
  • Doc. 24 DOES THE INERTIA OF A BODY DEPEND UPON ITS ENERGY CONTENT? by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 18 (1905): 639-641] 172186
  • Doc. 25 Review of H. BIRVEN, Fundamentals of the Mechanical Theory of Heat (Grundzüge der mechanischen Wärmetheorie. Stuttgart and Berlin: F. Grub, 1905. 128 pp. 2.80 marks) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 950] 175189
  • Doc. 26 Review of A. PONSOT, "Heat in the Displacement of the Equilibrium of a Capillary System" ("Chaleur dans le deplacement de l'equilibre d'un systeme capillaire," Academie des Sciences (Paris). Comptes rendus 140 (1905): 1176-1179) [Beiblätter zu de 175189
  • Doc. 27 Review of K. BOHLIN, "On Impact Considered as the Basis of the Kinetic Theories of Gas Pressure and of Universal Gravitation" ("Sur le choc, considere comme fondement des theories cinetiques de la pression des gaz et de la gravitation universelle 176190
  • Doc. 28 Review of G. MESLIN, "On the Constant in Mariotte and Gay-Lussac's Law" ("Sur la constante de la loi de Mariotte et Gay-Lussac," Journal de physique theorique et appliquee 4 (Series 4) (1905): 252-256) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (19 177191
  • Doc. 29 Review of A. FLIEGNER, "The Efflux of Hot Water from Container Orifices" ("Das Ausströmen heissen Wassers aus Gefässmündungen," Schweizerische Bauzeitung 45 (1905): 282-285, 306-308) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 1115] 177191
  • Doc. 30 Review of J. J. WEYRAUCH, An Outline of the Theory of Heat. With Numerous Examples and Applications. Part 1 (Grundriss der Warmetheorie. Mit zahlreichen Beispielen und Anwendungen. Stuttgart: K. Wittwer, 1905. 131 pp.) [Beiblatter zu den Annalen 178192
  • Doc. 31 Review of A. FLIEGNER, "On the Thermal Value of Chemical Processes" ("Über den Wärmewert chemischer Vorgänge," Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich. Vierteljahrsschrift 50 (1905): 201-212) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905): 1158] 179193
  • Doc. 32 ON THE THEORY OF BROWNIAN MOTION by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 19 (1906): 371-381] 180194
  • Doc. 33 "SUPPLEMENT" TO "A NEW DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR DIMENSIONS" [Appended to the version of Document 15 that was published as an article in Annalen der Physik 19 (1906): 289-305] [Annalen der Physik 19 (1906): 305-306] 191205
  • Doc. 34 ON THE THEORY OF LIGHT PRODUCTION AND LIGHT ABSORPTION by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 20 (1906): 199-206] 192206
  • Doc. 35 THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION OF MOTION OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY AND THE INERTIA OF ENERGY by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 20 (1906): 627-633] 200214
  • Doc. 36 ON A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE RATIO OF THE TRANSVERSE AND THE LONGITUDINAL MASS OF THE ELECTRON by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 21 (1906): 583-586] 207221
  • Doc. 37 Review of M. PLANCK, "Lectures on the theory of thermal radiation" ("Vorlesungen über die Theorie der Warmestrahlung," Leipzig: J. A. Barth, 1906. 222 pp. 7.80 mark) [Beiblätter zu den Annalen der Physik 30 (1906): 764-766] 211225
  • Doc. 38 PLANCK'S THEORY OF RADIATION AND THE THEORY OF SPECIFIC HEAT by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 22( 1907): 180-190] 214228
  • Doc. 39 ON THE LIMIT OF VALIDITY OF THE LAW OF THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM AND ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW DETERMINATION OF THE ELEMENTARY QUANTA by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 22 (1907): 569-572] 225239
  • Doc. 40 THEORETICAL REMARKS ON BROWNIAN MOTION by A. Einstein [Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie und angewandte physikalische Chemie 13 (1907): 41-48] 229243
  • Doc. 41 ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW TEST OF THE RELATIVITY PRINCIPLE by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 23 (1907): 197-198] 232246
  • Doc. 42 CORRECTION TO MY PAPER: "PLANCK'S THEORY OF RADIATION, ETC." by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 22 (1907): 180-190] 233247
  • Doc. 43 Author's abstract of lecture "ON THE NATURE OF THE MOVEMENTS OF MICROSCOPICALLY SMALL PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN LIQUIDS" [Naturforschende Gesellschaft Bern. Mitteilungen (1907)] 235249
  • Doc. 44 COMMENTS ON THE NOTE OF MR. PAUL EHRENFEST: "THE TRANSLATORY MOTION OF DEFORMABLE ELECTRONS AND THE AREA LAW" by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 23 (1907): 206-208] 236250
  • Doc. 45 ON THE INERTIA OF ENERGY REQUIRED BY THE RELATIVITY PRINCIPLE by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 23 (1907): 371-384] 238252
  • Doc. 46 Review of J. J. WEYRAUCH, An Outline of the Theory of Heat. With Numerous Examples and Applications. Part 2 (Grundriss der Wärmetheorie. Mit zahlreichen Beispielen und Anwendungen. Stuttgart: K. Wittwer, 1907. 412 pp. 16.00 mark.) [Beiblätter zu 251265
  • Doc. 47 ON THE RELATIVITY PRINCIPLE AND THE CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM IT by A. Einstein [Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik 4 (1907): 411-462] 252266
  • Doc. 48 A NEW ELECTROSTATIC METHOD FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF ELECTRICITY by A. Einstein [Physikalische Zeitschrift 9 (1908): 216-217] 312326
  • Doc. 49 CORRECTIONS TO THE PAPER: "ON THE RELATIVITY PRINCIPLE AND THE CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM IT1" by A. Einstein [Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik 5 (1908): 98-99] 316330
  • Doc. 50 ELEMENTARY THEORY OF BROWNIAN1 MOTION by A. Einstein [Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie und angewandte physikalishe Chemie 14 (1908): 235-239] 318332
  • Doc. 51 ON THE FUNDAMENTAL ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUATIONS FOR MOVING BODIES by A. Einstein and J. Laub [Annalen der Physik 26 (1908): 532-540] 329343
  • Doc. 52 ON THE PONDEROMOTIVE FORCES EXERTED ON BODIES AT REST IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD by A. Einstein and J. Laub [Annalen der Physik 26 (1908): 541-550] 339353
  • Doc. 53 CORRECTION TO THE PAPER: "ON THE FUNDAMENTAL ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUATIONS FOR MOVING BODIES" by A. Einstein and J. Laub [Annalen der Physik 27 (1908): 232] 349363
  • Doc. 54 REMARKS ON OUR PAPER: "ON THE FUNDAMENTAL ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUATIONS FOR MOVING BODIES" by A. Einstein and J. Laub [Annalen der Physik, 28 (1908): 445-447] 350364
  • Doc 55 COMMENT ON THE PAPER OF D. MIRIMANOFF "ON THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS..." by A. Einstein [Annalen der Physik 28 (1909): 885-888] 353367
  • Doc. 56 ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE RADIATION PROBLEM by A. Einstein [Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909): 185-193] 357371
  • Doc. 57 ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE RADIATION PROBLEM by W. Ritz and A. Einstein [Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909): 323-324] 376390
  • Doc. 58 "Discussion" following lecture version of Henry Siedentopf, "On Ultramicroscopic Images" [Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909): 779-780] 377391
  • Doc. 59 "Discussion" following lecture version of Arthur Szarvassi, "The Theory of Electromagnetic Phenomena in Moving Bodies and the Energy Principle" [Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909): 813] 378392
  • Doc. 60 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR VIEWS CONCERNING THE NATURE AND CONSTITUTION OF RADIATION by A. Einstein [Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Verhandlungen 7 (1909): 482-500. Also in Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909): 817-826] 379393
  • Doc. 61 "Discussion" following lecture version of "On the Development of our Views Concerning the Nature and Constitution of Radiation" [Doc. 60] [Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909): 825-826] 395409
  • Doc. 62 "Discussion" following lecture version of Fritz Hasenöhrl, "On the Transformation of Kinetic Energy into Radiation" [Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909): 830] 399413