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anti-Semitism,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
among scientists,
1
“death lists”,
1
Einsteindebatte and,
1.1
-
1.2
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2.1
-
2.2
Lenard’s, origins of,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2.1
-
2.2
Lenard’s radicalization of,
1.1
-
1.2
in Lenard’s writings and speeches,
1.1
-
1.2
Nobel Prize and,
1
“un-German” as code word,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
“
“An Appeal to the Europeans” (Einstein and Nicolai),
1
A
armistice,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Arrhenius, Svante,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Aryan science,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
clearinghouse for research manuscripts,
1.1
-
1.2
experimentation as German,
1.1
-
1.2
as root of all discoveries,
1.1
-
1.2
Stark and Lenard gain control,
1.1
-
1.2
atomic bomb,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
atomic model,
1
Avogadro’s constant,
1
B
Bad Nauheim,
1.1
-
1.2
Bad Nauheim scientific meeting,
1
,
2.1
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2.2
,
3
,
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,
5.1
-
5.2
debate between Einstein and Lenard,
1.1
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1.2
,
2
Bamberger, Louis,
1
Belgium,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
Ben Gurion, David,
1
Berlin,
1
Berlin Philharmonic auditorium lectures,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
,
4
Einstein’s apology,
1.1
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1.2
Berliner Tageblatt
,
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,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
,
6
Bjerknes, Vilhelm,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Bohr, Niels,
1.1
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1.2
,
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,
3
,
4
book burning, Opera Square,
1.1
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1.2
Born, Hedwig,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
Born, Max,
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,
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,
3
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
Nobel Prize recipient,
1.1
-
1.2
Braun, Albert von,
1.1
-
1.2
Brownian motion,
1
Bunsen, Robert,
1
,
2
C
Cal Tech,
1
,
2
Carlheim-Gyllensköld, Vilhelm,
1
cathode ray tubes,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5.1
-
5.2
,
6
censorship in science,
1.1
-
1.2
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart,
1
civil service, removal of Jews from,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
classical mechanics,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
colloid chemistry,
1
“
“common sense,”
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,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
C
concentration camps,
1
,
2
,
3
Conversations with Einstein (Einstein the Seeker)
(Moszkowski),
1.1
-
1.2
cosmological events,
1
Crookes, William,
1
,
2
,
3
Curie, Marie,
1
,
2
T
The Current Crisis in German Physics
(Stark),
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
C
curved universe,
1
D
d’Alquen, Gunter,
1
Das Schwarze Korps
,
1
,
2
,
3
Heisenberg article,
1.1
-
1.2
de Sitter, Willem,
1
death lists,
1
“
“The Declaration of University Teachers of the German Empire”,
1
D
deduction,
1
depression, 1929,
1
Derbye, Peter,
1
Deutsche Physik
(Lenard),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6.1
-
6.2
,
7.1
-
7.2
German science as origin of all discoveries,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2.1
-
2.2
principles of,
1.1
-
1.2
scientific response to,
1.1
-
1.2
Treaty of London as root of,
1
Deutsche Physik
principles and policy,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
demise of,
1
Deutsch-Voelkische Monatshefte
,
1
Die Nurwissenshaften
,
1
Die Presse
,
1
Die Umschau
,
1
dogmatic mentality,
1.1
-
1.2
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
,
1
Drexler, Anton,
1
Dukas, Helen,
1
,
2
,
3
E
Eddington, Arthur,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4.1
-
4.2
Ehrenfest, Paul,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Eicke, Theodor,
1
Einstein, Albert
academic appointments, 1900s,
1.1
-
1.2
anecdotes about,
1.1
-
1.2
character,
1
civil service position,
1.1
-
1.2
confrontations with Lenard,
1
death threats to,
1
,
2
,
3
educational background,
1
final moments,
1.1
-
1.2
Heisenberg, conversation with,
1.1
-
1.2
on Hitler,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
Hitler views as scapegoat,
1
humor, sense of,
1.1
-
1.2
international fame,
1.1
-
1.2
as internationalist,
1
leaves Germany,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Lenard, early relationship with,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
marriage to Elsa Lowenthal,
1.1
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1.2
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
marriage to Mileva Marić,
1.1
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1.2
,
2.1
-
2.2
miracle year,
1
Nobel Lecture,
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,
2
Nobel Prize nominations,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
,
6
Nobel Prize recipient,
1
,
2
,
3
pacifism,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
plagiarism, accusations of,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2.1
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2.2
,
3
,
4
possessions ransacked,
1.1
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1.2
public impression of,
1.1
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1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
recruitment by other countries,
1.1
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1.2
self-identification as a Jew,
1
Stark reviles,
1.1
-
1.2
support for,
1.1
-
1.2
travels and lectures,
1.1
-
1.2
Zionism and,
1
Writings:
“An Appeal to the Europeans” (with Nicolai),
1
“Dialog on the Objections against the Theory of Relativity,”
1.1
-
1.2
“Fundamental Ideas and Problems of the Theory of Relativity”,
1
,
2
“My Answer to the Anti-Relativistic Corporation, Ltd.”,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
“On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light,”
1.1
-
1.2
Relativity—the Special and General Theory
,
1
See also
general relativity, theory of
See also
relativity
Einstein, Eduard,
1
Einstein, Elsa Lowenthal,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5.1
-
5.2
,
6
Einstein, Hans Albert,
1
Einstein, Ilse,
1
Einstein, Margot,
1
,
2
Einstein, Mileva Marić,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
,
5
Einstein the Seeker
(Moszkowski),
1
“
“Einstein’s Theory of Relativity—A Scientific Mass Hysteria”,
1
E
electron theory,
1
Elizabeth, Queen,
1.1
-
1.2
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists,
1
Enabling Act,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
energy quanta,
1
England, response to torching of Leuven,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
ether,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
,
5
Einstein on,
1.1
-
1.2
urether,
1.1
-
1.2
Etter, Lewis E.,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Exner, Franz-Serafin,
1
experimental physics,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
experimentation, as German,
1.1
-
1.2
F
Faelschungs-Buch
(Lenard),
1.1
-
1.2
Fantiva, Johanna,
1
Fermi, Enrico,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

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