DOCS.
126,
127
NOVEMBER
1908
91
126.
From the
S.
Hirzel
Publishing
House
Leipzig, Königstrasse 2,
2
November 1908
Highly
esteemed
Sir:
The
business relations that
began
with
your
contribution
to
the
Jahrbuch
der
Radioaktivität[1]
allow
me
to
express
the wish
that
you might
also
keep my
publishing
house
in mind
when
planning to
publish
independent literary
works in
book
form.[2]
At the
suggestion
of Professor
Stark,
I would like
to
interest
you
today
in
a
little
monograph on
the
recent
advances
of
atomistics
in
physics
and
chemistry.
I have in
mind
the advances
in
the
areas
of
thermodynamics,
optics,
electricity,
and
chemistry
(Brownian
motion,
elementary quantum
of
electricity,
modern
atomistics
of
radioactivity,
counting
of
a-particles,[3]
light
quantum
hypothesis,
modern
theory
of
valency.
The book
should be
written
in
a
quite
easily flowing,
not to
say
popular,
manner so
that
it
can
be
read
by
chemists
as
well
as physicists.
But I would also listen with
interest
to
any
other
literary plan
you may
have in
mind,
since the
main
thing
for
me
is
to enter into
a
lasting
business
relationship
with
you.
I
would
greatly
appreciate
a reply
from
you.
I
am sure
that
we
will
come
to
a
quick
agreement
with
respect
to all
the
details.
With
profound respect,
yours
most
truly,
For
S.
Hirzel
R[aimund]
Bredow
127.
From Paul Gruner
Bern, 3 Lindenrain, 9
November 1908
Highly
esteemed
Dr.
Einstein:
Even
though not
completely
convinced
of
the unconditional
admissibility
of the
objections
you so kindly conveyed
to
me,
I
nevertheless
set
about the task of
reviewing
my
little
theory.[1]
I
believe
that
I
have
now
found
a
model that
completely
satisfies all
your
demands-it
is
in
any case significantly simpler
&
will
therefore
likely
be
capable
of
doing
less.
Permit
me
to
lay
out
the main ideas
for
you;
I
would be
grateful
if
you
told
me
quite
openly
what
you
think of
them.
The metal
consists
exclusively
of
identical, positive,
and immobile
molecules[2]
Positive
nucleus
with
charge
+2e, &
bound
to it
one
negat.
electron
with
charge
-e.
Molecular radius
R.