INDEX
Italic
page
numbers indicate references
to
the editorial
note.
Page
numbers followed
by
a
lowercase "n" indicate endnotes
to
Einstein documents. References
are
collected under the
appropriate English heading.
"Albert Einstein"
is
abbreviated
to
"AE"
in
subentries. Modi-
fications
only
refer
to
actions of the
person
indicated in the main
entry,
i.e.
phrases
like "let-
ter
from"
or
"visited
by" are
avoided.
A
separate
index of citations
follows
the main index.
Aargau
Kantonsschule, 850n
Abderhalden, Emil (1877-1950), 887
Abraham, Max (1875-1922):
145,
205, 305,
548,
549n, 803; AE, meets with, 282;
electron model
of,
840,
913;
Milan, leaves for
Zurich, 146n;
sarcasm
of, 206n
Absorption:
of
y-rays,
874, 875;
of
light,
246;
in universe, 393
Acceleration, effect of
on measuring
rods and
clocks,
392
Acoustics,
433
Adapted
coordinates. See Coordinates
Adiabatic invariant, 386,
642-643
Adiabatic
principle,
12-13,
15, 19,
23,
28, 42,
555, 643
Adler, Emma (1905-1979?), 480
Adler, Felix (1911-1981?), 480n
Adler, Friedrich
(1879-1960):
410, 420, 432, 447, 451, 479, 486,
488, 489,
899
AE: coordinate
systems,
discussion with
on,
828,
840-844,
848,
881-883,
899-901,
906-908,
913-914;
velocity-dependence
of
electron form and
mass,
discussion
with
on,
908, 913
amnesty
for,
829n
apartment
in Zurich
of,
403
character
of, 394, 409,
441
classical and ideal
mechanics,
manuscript
of
on,
403, 437, 438, 494n
coordinate
systems, manuscript
of
on,
480,
844n-847n
death
penalty
for, 403,
829n
Kant, Immanuel, and Mach,
Ernst,
plan
of
book
of
on,
395n,
402,
480
letter
to
Adler,
Kathia,
404n
letter
to
Adler,
Victor,
442n
letter
to
Nathan, Otto, 498n
letter
to
Schinz,
Hans,
404n
scientific work
of
in
prison,
480n
on perihelion
motion of
Mercury,
421
on prison
conditions,
828-829
on privileged
frame, 403
relativity,
lectures
on
at
University
of
Zurich,
403
on relativity
of
rotation, 403
reprieve
for,
application
of, 409
Stürgkh,
Karl,
Count
von,
assassinates, 394
sympathy
to, 464
trial
of, 404n,
494n
Weyl,
Hermann, criticizes book of, 848
Adler, Johanna (1903-1978), 480
Adler, Kathia (1879-1969):
394,
404n, 442n,
464,
497;
address of,
479;
AE’s visit
to, 829n;
visit
to Adler, Friedrich,
480
Adler,
Victor, 394,
442n
Adler-Germanishskaya,
Katerina Yakovlevna.
See
Adler,
Kathia
Adn. See Einstein, Hans Albert
Aerodynamics,
287, 577
Afanas’eva,
Sonya Alekseyevna,
13
Afanas’eva-Ehrenfest,
Tatyana Alekseyevna.
See Ehrenfest, Tatiana
Airfoil
designed by
AE: tested,
577n;
theory
of,
287
Algeciras,
act of,
173