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dark,
356

kinetic,
43
,
67
–72,
91
,
97
,
103
–4

mass converted to,
2
,
5
,
137
–39,
272
,
348
,
469
–70,
485

molecular,
97

potential,
584
n

Enlightenment,
277
,
279

entanglement,
454
,
455
,
458
–59

entropy,
69
–70

Entwurf
approach,
198
–202,
204
,
212
,
213
–14,
215
,
216
,
256
,
591n,
592
n,
594
n

Epkin, Sam,
528

EPR paper, ”Can the Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Regarded as Complete?” (Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen),
450
–53,
456
,
458
,
459
–60,
n
–26
n

Epstein, Jacob,
423

equivalence principle,
147
–48,
190
,
197
,
351
,
540
–41,
589
n

Erikson, Erik,
275

Esse estfercifi
principle,
350

ether,
24
–25,
47
–48,
62
,
92
,
105
,
111
–13,
115
–17,
119
,
128
,
131
,
133
,
135
,
297
,
300
,
317
–20,
332
,
351
,
373
,
578n,
579
n–80n

Ethics
(Spinoza),
81

Euclidean geometry,
17
,
19
–20,
33
,
37
,
44
,
63
,
75
,
83
,
192
,
193
–94,
209
–10

Evolution of Physics, The
(Einstein and Infeld),
463
–65

Fanta, Bertha,
166

Fantova Johanna,
535
,
538
,
540

Faraday, Michael,
91
,
115
,
127
,
248
,
315
,
423
,
438

Farmingdale Elementary School,
540

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
287
,
379
,
399
,
477
–78,
500
–503,
525
,
534
,
629
n

Fermi, Enrico,
407
,
474

Feynman, Richard,
515
,
584
n

“Field Equations of Gravitation” (Einstein),
219
–20

field theory,
13
–14,
92
,
94
,
95
,
317
,
612
n

of relativity,
159
,
189
,
197
–98,
200
–201,
212
–24,
254
–55,
336
–37,
353
,
468
,
591
n
–92
n
,
594
n

see also
unified field theory

Fifth Amendment,
528
,
530
,
534

Fight against War, The,
405

Fine, Arthur,
627
n

First Amendment,
527
–28,
530

Fisch, Adolf,
160

Fitzgerald, George,
113
,
116

fixed states,
455
–56

Fizeau, Hippolyte,
112
,
116
,
117

“flatlanders,”
252
–53

Flexner, Abraham,
395
–98,
412
,
425
–26,
428
–31,
453
,
464
,
480
,
529
,
622
n

FM radio signals,
111

Foppl, August,
36
–37,
115
,
579
n
Ford, Henry,
289

Fosdick, Harry Emerson,
370

“Foundations of Physics, The” (Hilbert),
219

Franck, James,
505
–6

Frank, Philipp,
12
,
20
,
164
,
166
,
172
,
177
,
248
,
271
–72,
285
,
332
,
399
,
410
–11,
567
n
,
579
n

Frankfurter, Felix,
298

Franklin, Benjamin,
311
,
389

Franklin Institute,
624
n

Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria,
163

Frauenglass, Richard,
529

Frauenglass, William,
527
–29,
530

frequencies:

light,
96
–97,
99
,
119
,
314

sound,
119
n

Freud, Sigmund,
3
,
209
,
284
,
365
–66,
377
,
381
–83,
386
,
389
,
614
n
–15
n

Freundlich, Erwin Finlay,
191
,
202
–5,
213
,
222
,
233
,
243
,
267

Freundlich, Kathe,
277

Fried, Amos,
373

Friedman, Robert Marc,
310
,
312

Frisch, Otto,
469

Frothingham, Mrs. Randolph,
399
,
477
,
502

Fuchs, Karl,
500
,
501
–2

Fuld, Caroline Bamberger,
395

Fulton, Robert,
476
,
630
n

galaxies,
254
,
353
–56,
442

Galileo,
5
,
6
,
80
,
90
,
91
,
108
–9,
117
,
128
–29,
145
,
146
,
251
–52,
288
,
550

Galison, Peter,
126
,
569n–70n,
578
n

gamma rays,
111

Gamow, George,
355
–56,
481

Gandhi, Mohandas K.,
438
,
527

gases:

atomic structure of,
164
,
323
,
480
–81

condensation of,
328
–29

diffusion of,
223

molecular theory of,
43
,
56
–57,
67
–72,
91
,
97
,
103
–4,
156
,
328
–29

volume of,
98
,
101
–3

Gauss, Carl Friedrich,
193
–94,
215
,
253
,
589
n

Gedankenexperiment
(thought experiments),
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
,
583
n

Gehrcke, Ernst,
285
–86,
304
,
311

Gell-Mann, Murray,
459
–60

General Disarmament Conference (1932),
377
–78

generators, electric,
91
,
115

Geneva, University of,
154
–55,
306

geodesic lines,
192

geometry:

Euclidean,
17
,
19
–20,
33
,
37
,
44
,
63
,
75
,
83
,
149
,
192
,
193
–94,
209
–10

non-Euclidean,
163
,
192
,
193
–96,
253

propositions of,
83

of relativity,
192
,
222
,
337

German Citizens of the Jewish Faith,
282

Gestalt psychology,
116
,
241

glial cells,
547

Glimpses of the Great
(Viereck),
386

G Major Quartet (Mozart),
430

God,
4
,
16
,
20
,
84
,
91
,
125
,
297
–98,
326
,
335
,
352
,
384
–93,
466
,
515
,
538
,
549
,
550
–51,
609
n

Gödel, Kurt,
509
–11,
536
,
634
n
,
639
n

Goebbels, Joseph,
409

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,
30
,
207
,
423
,
544

Goethe League,
209

Golden, William,
493

Goldstein, Herbert S.,
388
–89

Goodman, Ellen,
136

Göring, Hermann,
474

Gottingen, University of,
212
,
222
,
331

Gottingen Academy,
222

gravitation, gravity:

acceleration and,
145
–49,
155
,
181
–82

field of,
13
,
19
,
94
,
146
,
319
–20,
349

light bent by,
5
,
148
–49,
165
,
189
–92,
202
–5,
218
,
219
,
255
–62,
266
,
312
–13,
355
,
442

Newtonian laws of,
2
,
57
,
81
–82,
84
,
90
–91,
93
,
110
,
113
,
114
,
118
–19,
125
,
128
,
130
–31,
133
,
145
,
146
–47,
156
,
189
,
197
,
198
,
199
–201,
204
,
214
,
216
,
218
,
223
,
251
–52,
256
,
258
,
259
,
261
–62,
264
,
266
,
277
,
280
,
318
–20,
323
,
333
,
352
,
453
,
548

in quantum mechanics,
349
,
449
,
458

relativity and,
145
–49,
155
,
181
–82,
189
–97,
198
,
199
–202,
215
,
216
–22,
223
,
249
,
250
–62,
266
,
293
,
314
,
319
–20,
337
,
347
,
349
,
468
,
511
,
538
–39,
548
,
590
n
–94
n
,
607
n

solar,
191
,
202
–5,
218

stellar,
250
–52

in unified field theory,
338
–41,
385
,
466
,
511
,
512
–13,
538

waves of,
442
,
624
n

great circle routes,
192

Great Depression,
370
–71,
516
,
607
n

Greene, Brian,
220
,
320
,
452
–53,
459

Greene, Homer,
526

Grossmann, Marcel,
36
,
44
,
47
,
48
,
59
,
61
,
62
–63,
71
,
72
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
149
,
159
,
177
,
192
–93,
195
,
196
,
197
,
198
,
215
,
219
,
267
,
589
n
,
594
n
,
601
n

Guillaume, Charles–Edouard,
312

Gullstrand, Allvar,
312
–13,
314

“gunpowder experiment,”
456
,
457
–58

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