PUBLISHER'S
FOREWORD
We are
pleased
to be
publishing this second translation volume of
THE
COLLECTED
PAPERS OF
ALBERT
EINSTEIN. As
with
Volume 1,
we
strongly
urge
readers to
use
the translations
only
together with
the
documentary
edition,
which provides the
editorial
commentary necessary
for
a
more
complete
under-
standing of the
documents.
Every
effort has been
made to
insure the scientific
accuracy
of this translation.
It
is
not
intended
as
a
literary
translation
that
can
stand
alone
without
the
documentary
edition.
We are
again
grateful
to Dr. Anna Beck
and Professor
Peter
Havas for
their
hard work and
dedication
to
this
project,
which is
separate from
the
documentary
edition
project.
All translations
appearing
in the
documentary
edition
were
prepared
by
the editors of that
volume,
and those
appearing
in
this volume
were
prepared
by
Drs. Beck
and
Havas.
We are
also pleased
to
acknowledge
the
grant from the
National Science
Foundation
that has made
this publication possible.
In
particular,
we
thank
Dr. Ronald Overman of
the
NSF
for
his continued interest in
the
project.
Princeton University
Press
September
1989