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Demoiselles d’Avignon, Les
(Picasso),
280

Depression, Great,
370
–71,
516
,
607
n

determinism,
84
,
156
,
316
,
317
,
320
–21,
323
–25,
331
–33,
334
,
340
,
345
,
347
,
349
,
455
,
575
n

“Deutsch Physik” (“German Physics”),
289
,
315
,
405
–10

Dewey, John,
377

Diaghilev, Serge,
280

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
(Galileo),
108
–9

Diamond, Marian,
547

differential calculus,
61

diffusion,
105
,
223
,
481
–82

Dirac, Paul,
223
,
345
,
349

distant parallelism,
341
,
343
–44

DNA,
546
–47

“Does the Field Theory Offer Possibilities for the Solution of Quanta Problems?” (Einstein),
340

“Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on Its Energy Content?” (Einstein),
138
–39

Dongen, Jeroen von,
594
n

Don Quixote
(Cervantes),
81
,
518

Doppler effect (red shift),
119
n
,
148
,
254
,
311
,
353
–56

double stars,
580
n
Douglas, William O.,
526

Drake, Tom,
492

“Dr. Einstein’s Mistaken Notions,”
497

Driving Mr. Albert
(Paterniti),
546
,
640
n

Drude, Paul,
68
–69,
71
,
102

DuBois, W.E.B.,
531

Duhem, Pierre,
158

Dukas, Helen,
84
,
363
,
371
,
410
,
424
,
437
–39,
443
,
446
,
479
,
481
,
482
,
485
,
501
,
517
,
521
,
530
,
541
–42,
544
,
633
n
,
636
n
,
639
n

Durrell, Lawrence,
279

Dutch Royal Academy,
260
–61

Dyson, Frank,
257
,
261
,
269

Dyson, Freeman,
134
,
251
,
269

Dyson, George,
363

E=mc
2
,
2
,
5
,
137
–39,
140
,
219
,
272
,
348
,
469
–70,
485
,
604
n

Eban, Abba,
521
–22,
523
,
541

echolalia,
9

eclipses,
5
,
191
,
202
–5,
218
,
255
–62,
267
,
269
,
275
–76,
311
,
316
,
317

Economist,
136

Eddington, Arthur Stanley,
256
–62,
264
,
267
,
279
,
312
,
321
,
339
,
340
,
343
,
355
n
,
600
n
,
601
n

Eddy, Mary Baker,
343

Edison, Thomas,
6
,
299

Edison test,
299

Ehrenfest, Paul,
68
,
120
,
132
,
165
,
167
–68,
180
,
184
,
204
,
205
,
218
,
234
,
252
,
259
,
268
,
271
,
276
,
281
,
287
,
289
,
325
,
331
,
345
,
396
,
421
–22

Einstein, Albert:

in Aarau, Germany,
25
–31,
40
,
46
,
113
,
115

at Aarenshoop resort,
238
–39

absentmindedness of,
39
,
44
,
59
,
203
,
221
n
,
426
–28,
435
–36,
437
,
438
–41,
519

academic career of,
149
–52,
158
–63,
175
–88,
239
,
304
–5,
368
,
394
–412,
431
–32

academic positions sought by,
54
–56,
57
,
58
–63,
65
,
66
,
67
,
69
,
78
,
86
,
92
,
140
,
142
,
144
–45,
149
–53

aloofness of,
2
,
5
,
12
–13,
41
,
44
,
100
,
150
–51,
154
,
161
–62,
184
–86,
226
,
231
,
232
–33,
271
,
273
–77,
280
,
441
–43,
516
,
518
,
519
–20

anemia of,
517
,
536

aneurysm of,
516
–17,
536
,
541
–43

in Antwerp,
368

arms control supported by,
487
–95,
498
,
500
–501

in Arosa, Switzerland,
234
,
243

assimilation opposed by,
205
–6,
280
–84,
291
,
302
–4,
386
,
408
–10,
428

astrology and spiritualism as viewed by,
374
,
384

atheism as viewed by,
386
,
388
–90,
462
,
587
n

Austro-Hungarian citizenship of,
163
–64

authority questioned by,
2
,
7
,
8
–9,
12
–13,
20
–22,
29
,
34
,
38
,
49
,
54
–55,
67
–72,
73
,
113
,
180
,
240
,
317
,
378
–79,
550

autograph of,
369
,
445

awards and honors received by,
3
,
60
,
101
,
154
–55,
235
,
236
,
243
,
280
,
297
,
309
–16,
337
,
348
,
352
,
368
,
387
,
438
,
490
,
505
,
516
,
533
–34,
606
n
,
607
n

at Bad Nauheim conference,
287
–89

in Belgium,
168
–71,
289
–91,
344
–49,
405
,
410
–22

as Berlin University professor,
14
,
168
,
178
–81,
184
–89,
201
,
202
,
203
–11,
212
,
213
,
215
–16,
217
,
218
–21,
224
,
221
n
,
228
–32,
234
,
236,
237
,
241
–42,
246
–48,
259
,
261
–62,
271
,
277
,
280
,
281
–89,
301
–6,
307
,
315
,
318
,
356
–59,
362
,
363
,
364
,
381
–83,
384
,
387
–89,
392
,
394
–95,
399
–401,
403
,
411
,
471
,
523
,
601
n

in Bermuda,
437
,
479
,
506

as Bern resident,
75
–89,
124
,
125
–26,
141
–55,
167
,
184
–88

as Bern University professor,
144
–53

biographies of,
269
–71,
465
,
478
,
498
,
518
,
601
n
,
639
n

birth of,
11
,
91
–92

Bohr’s disputes with,
269
,
324
–26,
344
–49,
496
,
514
–15,
539
,
609
n

brain of,
545
–48,
640
n
busts of,
423
,
436

in California,
263
,
268
,
315
,
354
–55,
368
,
371
,
372
–74,
380
–81,
384
,
395
–98,
399
,
401
–4,
431

at Caltech,
315
n
,
368
,
373
,
374
,
380
–81,
395
–98,
399
,
401
–4,
431

Caputh cottage of,
357
–60,
357,
361
,
362
,
387
,
395
,
397
,
398
,
399
,
401
,
405
,
444
,
447
,
619
n

Central America visited by,
364
,
371
–72

in Ceylon,
306

in Chicago,
374
–75,
404
–5

childhood of,
8
–31,
67
,
114
,
180
,
205
,
385
,
462
,
483
,
538
,
548

in Cleveland,
300
,
461
–62

communism as viewed by,
287
,
379
–80,
399
–401,
403
,
420
–21,
445
–47,
478
,
489
–90,
494
–503,
524
–34,
550
,
633
n
–34
n

compass given to,
13
,
67
,
462
,
538
,
548

correspondence of,
1
,
3
,
39
–47,
50
–53,
93
,
94
,
97
,
104
,
106
,
131
,
135
,
137
–38,
143
–44,
165
,
170
,
171
,
174
,
184
,
355
,
360
–61,
405
–6,
408
–9,
411
,
415
–16,
417
,
421
–22;
see also specific correspondents

correspondence of (Berlin),
184
,
201
,
202
,
203
–4,
205
,
208
,
209
–11,
212
,
213
,
215
–16,
217
,
218
–21,
224
,
227
n
,
230
–32,
234
,
237
,
242
,
259
,
271
,
277
,
286
,
307
,
318
,
362
,
363
,
381
–83,
387
–89,
392
,
601
n

correspondence of (Princeton),
430
–31,
438
,
441
,
442
,
467
,
478
,
482
–83,
484
,
500
–501,
503
,
513
,
519
–20,
524
–29,
537
,
539
,
540
,
636
n

cremation of,
544
,
545

in Cuba,
371

daily walks of,
438
–39,
442
–43,
509
,
536
–37

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