INDEX 1097
of
with, 589; Kuratorium,
member
of,
571n;
press
announcement
on
foundation
of, formulates,
570
letter to
Cwiklinski,
Ludwig,
265n
letter to Dean
of
Philosophical Faculty,
165n
letter to
Harnack,
Adolf
von,
571n
letter to
Lenz,
Emma and
Max, 150n
letter to
Lorentz,
Hendrik
A., 64n,
286n,
347n, 362n, 419,
429,
615n
letter to
Wien, Wilhelm,
275n
Manifesto
of
the 93: burden
of
conscience
for, 286n;
signs,
78n, 151n, 155;
state-
ment
of
on,
285
Nobel
Prize,
nominated
for,
912-913
Nordstrom,
Gunnar,
ranks second for
posi-
tion
at
University
of
Berlin, 371
on
patriotism
and
internationalism, 286n;
931
political
activity, retreats
from, 930
Prussian
Academy,
on
keeping relations
of
with
foreign
institutions, 145, 149, 156n,
170, 171n,
286n
quantum theory:
of
molecules,
works
on,
216;
presents
paper on, 193n,
217n
relativistic
theory
of
gravitation, reception
of
by,
76n, 223,
263
Ritz, Walter,
on
work
of,
200
spectral
lines,
presents paper on,
217n
on thermodynamic
probabilities
for mole-
cules with
many degrees
of
freedom,
193
unified field
theory
of
Weyl: general
relativ-
ity, prefers
to, 744;
interested
in,
824
Wiechert, Emil,
on competence as
director of
Geodetic
Institute,
597n
Wolfskehl lectures
of, 701, 715, 762, 765,
774
Planck celebration:
600, 627, 733, 734n,
743n;
candidates
for
lectures
at, 601;
lectures
at by
AE, 628, 672, 735, 855,
by
Laue,
Max
von,
628,
654-655,
672,
by
Sommerfeld, Arnold,
628, 647, 672,
by Warburg,
Emil, 672;
pro-
gram
of, 628, 671; publication of, 775,
784n
Planck-Hesslin
von,
Marga,
743
Planck’s
ellipses,
21,
26
Planck’s
law,
simple
derivation
of, 329, 330,
332-333
Planck’s radiation
field,
diatomic molecules
in, 7
Planck’s
resonator,
957
Planets,
motion
of,
303n
Pogroms:
in
Poland, 964n;
in
Russia,
19n
Poincaré,
Henri (1854-1912):
5, 71, 706, 891,
892n;
model
of
non-Euclidean world
of,
631-632
Point coincidence
argument: 235, 238-239,
245,
493, 640;
first formulation
of,
228
Point
electron,
365-366, 372-373, 379-380
Poisson
equation:
in Entwurf
theory,
40;
in
rela-
tivistic
theory
of
gravitation,
207,
976
Polányi
Michael (1891-1976):
66n, 139n, 143;
AE,
heat theorem
of
Nernst,
discussion with
on, 65,
66,
90, 125-126, 138,
143-144
Politik
der
Klassiker, 382, 395,
398
Politischer
Rat
geistiger
Arbeiter,
869n
Popova,
Maria
(1878-?),
4
Popper, Sigmund,
438n
Positivism:
867, 890-891;
and
relativity,
220
Potential:
jump
between electrode and electro-
lyte,
135-136;
retarded, 301;
of
space charge,
35
Poynting’s
theorem,
464
Pragmatism,
890-891
Prandtl,
Ludwig
(1875-1953), 709
Princeton
University,
670n,
825n
Principle
of
constancy
of
speed
of
light,
40
Principle
of
equivalence,
349,
627
Principle
of
general relativity.
See
Relativity
Principle
of
relativity.
See
Relativity
Principle
of
relativity
of
gravitational potential.
See
Mie, Gustav;
Relativity
Principle
of
special relativity.
See
Relativity
Privileged
frame. See Frame
Probability,
133n,
672-673, 682-683,
775n,
865, 957,
962
Progressive
People’s Party,
German, 629n,
948n
Proportionality
of
inertial and
gravitational
mass:
80; measurements
on,
624;
for
crystals,
602, 608;
for
radioactive
substances, 602,
608
Prussia: electoral reform
in, 506n; monarchy
overthrown
in,
941
Prussian
Academy
of
Sciences:
40a, 41n, 87n,
151n, 514n, 684n, 693n, 709, 710, 714n,
722n, 727n, 796n, 807n;
character
of, 29;
Freundlich, Erwin,
report
to,
19n,
57n, 609n;
letter to Minister
of
Education, 412n;
members
of,
character
of,
17,
346, 364, 429;
Planck, Max,
presents
paper
to,
217n;
Schwarzschild,
Karl, meeting
of
on successor
of, 324n;
Wiechert, Emil,
proposes
for
direc-
tor
of
Geodetic
Institute,
718n. See
also
Einstein,
Albert: Science: Lectures