The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918

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Main Details

Title The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, 1914-1918
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Albert Einstein
Edited by Robert Schulmann
Edited by A. J. Kox
Edited by Michel Janssen
Edited by Jozsef Illy
SeriesCollected Papers of Albert Einstein
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:1232
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 191
Category/GenrePhysics
ISBN/Barcode 9780691048499
ClassificationsDewey:530
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition Two volumes.
Illustrations 15 illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 29 November 1998
Publication Country United States

Description

This volume opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and a half years later. A good portion of the documentation, which comprises more than 675 letters, has only recently been discovered by the editors. The letters touch on all aspects of Einstein's activities and shed light in his inner life. The breakup of Einstein's first marriage and the divorce are presented here for the first time in all their complexity. New material shows Einstein maintaining a strong sense of moral urgency througout Word War I. The scientific correspondence documents Einstein's struggle to find satisfactory field equations for his new gravitational theory - the general theory of relativity - and his continued discussion with leading physicists and mathematicians about the implications and further development of the theory.

Author Biography

Robert Schulmann teaches modern German history at Boston University; A. J. Kox teaches history of science at the University of Amsterdam; Michel Janssen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Boston University; Juzsef Illy is a former Member of the Institute of Isotopes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.