APPENDIX
A
EINSTEIN'S SCRATCH NOTEBOOK,
1910-1914?
This notebook
was probably purchased
by
Einstein
in 1909 when he
began
his
appointment
at
the
University
of Zurich. It bears
a
sticker of the Zurich stationer
Landolt and Arbenz. The last entries
suggest
that
Einstein did
not
use
the notebook
after
taking up
a
position
in
Berlin
in 1914.
The
disparate
nature
and
discontinuity
of
entries
(e.g.,
diagrams, equations,
notes
on
appointments,
references to scientific liter-
ature,
and
addresses),
as
well
as
their
disjointed chronological sequence, argue
for
preserving unity
in
the
presentation
of this notebook. It
is printed
here
in its
entirety
in
facsimile,
with
accompanying pages
of
transcription
to
make
it
readily
accessible.
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