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piano played by, 519
in Pittsburgh, 469
Planck medal awarded to, 348
as plumbers’ union honorary member, 533–34
political views of, 4, 38–39, 58, 159, 205–9, 239–42, 274, 287, 373, 375, 378–83, 385, 399–401, 420–21, 438, 444–47, 477–80, 487–
507, 508, 523, 524–34, 539, 541, 550, n–34n
portraits of, 362–63, 436
as Prague University professor, 162–68, 173, 175–77, 192, 421, 482
press coverage of, 136, 153, 263–66, 269–71, 273, 277–78, 285–87, 288, 289–301, 304, 339–44, 355, 357, 358, 363, 369, 370, 371,
377, 378, 390, 398, 399–400, 401, 406, 411–12, 413, 414, 416, 420–21, 422, 423, 425–26, 428–30, 436, 440–41, 450, 451, 459, 467, 468,
469–70, 479, 485, 487, 491, 499–500, 513, 517, 521, 525–26, 528, 545, 615n, 622n, 624n, 63ln
as Princeton resident, 425–27, 431–32, 437–41, 444–45
privatdozent appointment of, 144–53
public addresses by, 116, 166, 168–71, 172, 232–33, 242, 282–83, 290, 295, 296, 297, 306–7, 315–16, 318, 368, 371, 373, 374–75,
376, 390–91, 396, 401–5, 423–24, 445, 461–62, 491, 541, 543
racism opposed by, 378, 380, 381, 445, 505, 520, 531
radio broadcasts of, 372, 402, 479, 506–7, 527, 541
religious convictions of, 15, 16, 20–21, 29–30, 56, 163–64, 167–68, 182, 243, 282–83, 372, 384–93, 462, 536, 548, 550–51, 587n
Royal Albert Hall speech of, 423–24
sailboats owned by, 360, 435, 472, 479
sailing as pastime of, 38, 246, 304, 317, 358, 360, 361, 362, 373, 387, 405, 435–36, 437, 472, 479, 502–3
salary of, 186, 235n, 397, 403
in Salzburg, 321
at Saranac Lake cottage, 441, 485, 487
in Sarasota, Fla., 517, 519
in Schaffhausen, Germany, 72–73, 75
security clearance for, 399–401, 420, 477–78, 480, 481–84, 500–503, 629n
at Sellin sea resort, 210
sense of humor of, 27, 28, 46, 230–31, 385, 438, 518, 519, 540–41
seventy-fifth birthday of, 535, 536
seventy-sixth birthday of, 540
in Singapore, 306
sixtieth birthday of, 468, 469–70
smoking by, 44, 142, 168, 181, 274, 292, 298, 402, 446
socialist ideals of, 4, 38–39, 205, 239–42, 373, 375, 378–81, 399–401, 420, 499, 504–5, 633n
socks not worn by, 427, 447, 523
Soviet Union as viewed by, 379–80, 420–21, 446–47, 478, 489–90, 494–503, 504, 524–25, 526, 633n
statues of, 296, 370, 604n
stomach problems of, 217, 233, 234, 238, 255, 291, 342, 516–17, 536
stubbornness of, 144, 211–12, 214, 259–60, 316, 347–48, 364, 509, 538–39, 550, 635n students of, 150, 159–62, 211
study of, 211–12, 247–48, 249, 360, 386, 438, 440, 443, 446, 544 as substitute teacher, 63, 65, 149
Swabian background of, 9–10, 27, 34, 53n, 63
Swiss citizenship of, 29, 32, 55, 56, 58, 76, 164, 478–79
telephone owned by, 438, 530
television appearance of, 501
travel diaries of, 240, 306, 308, 369, 373, 394, 396
as tutor, 55, 56, 62, 72–73, 75, 76, 78, 79–80, 206, 439–40 ”2%” speech of, 371, 373, 375
U.S. as viewed by, 380, 478–80, 500, 524–34, 537, 550
as U.S. citizen, 59, 437, 478–80, 503–7, 510, 530–31, 543
as U.S. resident, 168, 298, 424, 425–47
U.S. visited by, 263, 281, 289–301, 354–55, 368–76, 394, 395–96, 398, 399, 431
in Venice, 53–54
in Vienna, 164, 182, 272, 587n
violin played by, 14, 29, 35, 37–38, 53, 80, 143, 159, 161, 166, 167, 177, 227, 261–62, 272, 292, 296, 306, 403, 415, 418–19, 426–27,
430, 472, 519, 624n
at Watch Hill, R. I. cottage, 434–36
will of, 639n
in Winterhur, Germany, 63, 65, 149
world government supported by, 209, 301, 479, 487–500, 541, 631n
as Zionist, 281–84, 289–301, 302–3, 306, 307–8, 376, 381, 409, 412–14, 520–23, 526, 541
in Zurich, 24, 25–26, 30, 31, 32–49, 54–59, 60, 115, 149–53, 152, 158–63, 167, 175–83, 192, 203, 210–11, 229–30, 234, 239, 246, 276,
301, 364, 367, 410, 418–19
as Zurich Polytechnic professor, 150–51, 158, 175–83, 192, 203, 239
as Zurich Polytechnic student, 24, 25–26, 30, 31, 32–49, 54–56, 60, 115
as Zurich University professor, 150–53, 158–63, 167, 239
Einstein, Albert, as physicist:
assistants of, 358, 363, 368, 371, 397, 410, 411, 412, 423, 424, 450, 463–65, 508, 509, 537, 549
conservative reaction of, 316–21, 333–35, 346, 350–53, 460–70, 514, 538–39