einstein

as cosmologist, 223–24, 248, 249–62, 265–66, 353–56, 372, 442, 510–ll, 613n
creativity and genius of, 1–2, 3, 4–6, 7, 14–15, 21, 67, 106, 122, 124, 128, 134, 140–42, 149, 156, 163, 176–77, 215, 223–24, 253, 255,
316–18, 320, 333, 336, 350, 351–52, 424, 465, 538–39, 547–51, 570n, 607n–8n
doctoral dissertation of, 1, 54, 71–72, 92, 101–3, 142–43, 150
early investigations by, 24–25, 56–58, 67–72
experimental verification by, 5, 34–35, 47–48, 57, 58, 100–101, 103, 104–5, 106, 116–18, 125, 138, 139, 158, 161, 316–17, 350, 351,
465–66, 549
habilitation thesis of, 144–45, 149–50
inductive method of, 116–18, 191, 350–52, 579n–81n
intuitive approach of, 113–18, 119, 131, 133, 142, 145, 146–47, 155, 197–98, 201–2, 214, 250–51, 259–60, 297–98, 316–18, 333–34,
346, 350–52, 449, 465–68, 538–39, 549–50, 580n–81n
as mathematician, 3, 16–20, 30–31, 33, 48, 55, 56, 63, 76, 99, 132, 133, 137, 149, 160, 192, 209–10, 216, 222, 235, 338–39, 439–40,
441, 450, 542, 549, 624n
“miracle year” of (1905), 1–2, 54, 90–106, 140, 317, 550
papers published by, 1–2, 3, 13, 46, 56–58, 59, 69, 70, 92–106, 117, 122–35, 138–39, 140, 141, 142, 144, 286, 315, 317, 322, 328,
339–44, 350, 351, 442, 571n, 573n, 580n–81n, 608n, 624n;see also specific papers
as scientific realist, 169, 323–25, 333–35, 349, 350–53, 385, 450–51, 455, 460–65, 538–39, 612n, 627n, 628n, 635n
skepticism of, 67–72, 78–79, 100, 113, 125, 164, 169, 284, 333–34, 350, 460–61
as theoretical physicist, 3, 7, 24–25, 32–37, 43, 44, 47–48, 59, 91–93, 99, 104–5, 106, 113, 143, 147–48, 150, 152, 156, 160, 161, 162,
175, 203, 304, 310–11, 312, 314, 316–18, 350–53, 360, 538–39, 607n–8n
thought experiments (Gedankenexperiment) of, 2, 3–4, 5, 26–27, 78, 79, 114, 121, 122–27, 138, 142, 145–46, 147, 190, 201, 267, 322,
345–46, 348–49, 448–60, 468, 512, 514, 583n
visual thinking by, 17, 26, 93, 114, 121, 122–27, 142, 549
work habits of, 24, 38, 142, 159–62, 165, 175–76, 181, 184, 211–12, 247–48, 426, 508–9
see also quantum mechanics; relativity; unified field theory
Einstein, Eduard ”Tete”:
childhood of, 161–62, 177, 181, 182, 209–11, 232
correspondence of, ix, 276, 307, 365–66
education of, 365–66
Einstein’s relationship with, 161–62, 181, 182, 185, 186, 187, 196, 209–11, 228–29, 230, 235, 236–37, 243, 246, 276, 301, 316, 365–67,
417–19, 444, 516, 519, 639n
ill health of, 174, 181, 183, 184, 233–34, 235
mental illness of, 365–68, 417–19, 565n
piano played by, 365, 367
in sanatoriums, 234, 235, 243, 417–19, 444, 502, 516, 639n
Einstein, Elsa Lowenthal:
in Belgium, 410–11
in Berlin, 172–74, 178, 180–81, 207, 208, 304, 394, 400–401, 411, 619n
at Caputh cottage, 358–59, 361, 362
correspondence of, 173, 174, 178, 180–81, 182, 186–87, 198, 210–11, 396, 419, 441–42
death of, 441–42, 624n
as Einstein’s cousin, 172, 178, 181, 183
Einstein’s fame and, 263, 269, 271, 307, 357–58, 369, 374, 375, 386
Einstein’s marriage to, 182–83, 188, 227–28, 237, 239, 243–48, 277, 292, 304, 360–63, 418, 428, 441–42, 501, 502
Einstein’s papers recovered by, 433–34
Einstein’s relationship with, 172–74, 178, 180–83, 186–87, 210, 227–28, 233, 237, 238–39, 243–48, 293, 427
first marriage of, 172n, 243
Jewish background of, 433–34
personality of, 173–74, 182, 247–48, 442
photographs of, 225, 263, 293
as Princeton resident, 405, 426, 427, 428–29, 431, 432–33, 437
as U.S. resident, 424, 434, 437
U.S. visited by, 292, 293, 354, 395, 396
Einstein, Evelyn, 365, 517, 546–47
Einstein, Fanny Koch, 172
Einstein, Frieda Knecht, 364–65, 443, 546
Einstein, Hans Albert:
childhood of, 75n, 88, 137, 143, 161–62, 167, 177, 181, 182, 209–11, 225–26
as Christian Scientist, 444
correspondence of, 225, 231–32, 307, 364–65, 516
Einstein’s death and, 542, 544, 545
Einstein’s relationship with, 14, 143, 167, 174, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 209–11, 215–16, 225–40, 243, 246, 276–77, 301, 316, 364–65,
417, 442, 443–44, 517, 537, 601n, 639n
engineering career of, 276–77, 443–44, 502, 517, 639n
financial situation of, 316
marriage of, 364–65, 443
personality of, 364–65, 443
photograph of, 50 piano played by, 227