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in Sarasota, Fla.,
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,
519

in Schaffhausen, Germany,
72
–73,
75

security clearance for,
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–401,
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,
477
–78,
480
,
481
–84,
500
–503,
629
n

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
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402
,
446

socialist ideals of,
4
,
38
–39,
205
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239
–42,
373
,
375
,
378
–81,
399
–401,
420
,
499
,
504
–5,
633
n

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
,
633
n

statues of,
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,
370
,
604
n

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
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635
n
students of,
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,
159
–62,
211

study of,
211
–12,
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–48,
249,
360
,
386
,
438
,
440
,
443
,
446
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544
as substitute teacher,
63
,
65
,
149

Swabian background of,
9
–10,
27
,
34
,
53
n
,
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
,
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,
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
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298
,
424
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425
–47

U.S. visited by,
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289
–301,
354
–55,
368
–76,
394
,
395
–96,
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399
,
431

in Venice,
53
–54

in Vienna,
164
,
182
,
272
,
587
n

violin played by,
14
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29
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35
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37
–38,
53
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80
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143
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–62,
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403
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–19,
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–27,
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,
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,
624
n

at Watch Hill, R. I. cottage,
434
–36

will of,
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n

in Winterhur, Germany,
63
,
65
,
149

world government supported by,
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–500,
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,
631
n

as Zionist,
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–84,
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–301,
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–3,
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307
–8,
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381
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409
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412
–14,
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–23,
526
,
541

in Zurich,
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–26,
30
,
31
,
32
–49,
54
–59,
60
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–53,
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–63,
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–83,
192
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210
–11,
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–30,
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276
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301
,
364
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367
,
410
,
418
–19

as Zurich Polytechnic professor,
150
–51,
158
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175
–83,
192
,
203
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239

as Zurich Polytechnic student,
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–26,
30
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32
–49,
54
–56,
60
,
115

as Zurich University professor,
150
–53,
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–63,
167
,
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Einstein, Albert, as physicist:

assistants of,
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,
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conservative reaction of,
316
–21,
333
–35,
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–53,
460
–70,
514
,
538
–39

as cosmologist,
223
–24,
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249
–62,
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–66,
353
–56,
372
,
442
,
510
–ll,
613
n

creativity and genius of,
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–2,
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14
–15,
21
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106
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–77,
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–24,
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–18,
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–52,
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–39,
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–51,
570n,
607
n–8n

doctoral dissertation of,
1
,
54
,
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–72,
92
,
101
–3,
142
–43,
150

early investigations by,
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–25,
56
–58,
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–72

experimental verification by,
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34
–35,
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–48,
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104
–5,
106
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161
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316
–17,
350
,
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–66,
549

habilitation
thesis of,
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–50

inductive method of,
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–52,
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n
–81
n

intuitive approach of,
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–68,
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–39,
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580
n
–81
n

as mathematician,
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–40,
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n

“miracle year” of (1905),
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90
–106,
140
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317
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papers published by,
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–44,
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571
n
,
573
n
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580
n
–81
n
,
608
n
,
624n;see also specific papers

as scientific realist,
169
,
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–25,
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–35,
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350
–53,
385
,
450
–51,
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,
460
–65,
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–39,
612
n
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627
n
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n
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635
n

skepticism of,
67
–72,
78
–79,
100
,
113
,
125
,
164
,
169
,
284
,
333
–34,
350
,
460
–61

as theoretical physicist,
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7
,
24
–25,
32
–37,
43
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44
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47
–48,
59
,
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–93,
99
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–5,
106
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113
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143
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147
–48,
150
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161
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175
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203
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310
–11,
312
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316
–18,
350
–53,
360
,
538
–39,
607
n
–8
n

thought experiments
(Gedankenexperiment)
of,
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–4,
5
,
26
–27,
78
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79
,
114
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121
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122
–27,
138
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142
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–46,
147
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201
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322
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345
–46,
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–49,
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–60,
468
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512
,
514
,
583
n

visual thinking by,
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26
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122
–27,
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