The Man Who Stalked Einstein (33 page)

Read The Man Who Stalked Einstein Online

Authors: Bruce J. Hillman,Birgit Ertl-Wagner,Bernd C. Wagner

Tags: #undefined

BOOK: The Man Who Stalked Einstein
6.37Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
Lenard, Ruth,
1
Lenard, Werner,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Lenard effect,
1
Lenard tube,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4.1
-
4.2
Lenard window,
1
Leuven, Belgium,
1.1
-
1.2
Lindstedt, A.,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Locker-Lampson, Oliver,
1.1
-
1.2
Lossow, Otto Herrmann von,
1
Ludendorff, Erich,
1
Luettwitz–Kapp faction,
1
M
Manhattan Project,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
“
“Manifesto of the Ninety-three German Intellectuals” (Fulda, Sudermann, and Reicke),
1.1
-
1.2
M
Mayer, Walther,
1
McCarthy hearings,
1.1
-
1.2
McIntyre, John,
1
Mein Kampf
(Hitler),
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Menzel, Willi,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Mercury’s orbit,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
Meyer, Edgar,
1.1
-
1.2
Milliken, Robert,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
Moszkowski, Alexander,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Mueller, Friedrich von,
1
,
2
N
National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei,
Nazis),
1
,
2
beer hall putsch,
1.1
-
1.2
Lenard and Stark ingratiated with,
1
Stark’s appointments,
1.1
-
1.2
Nature
,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
Naturwissenschaften
,
1
Nernst, Walther,
1
,
2
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
,
1.1
-
1.2
Newton, Isaac,
1
Newtonian physics,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Nicolai, Georg Friedrich,
1
Night of the Long Knives,
1
Nobel, Alfred,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3
Nobel Prize
Einstein’s nominations,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
,
6
experimental
vs.
theoretical physics,
1.1
-
1.2
selection process,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
special reports on Einstein and relativity,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Nobel Prize recipients,
1
,
2
Born,
1.1
-
1.2
Curie,
1
Einstein,
1
,
2
,
3
Franck,
1
Haber,
1
Heisenberg,
1
Hertz,
1
Lenard,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
Planck,
1
Roentgen,
1
,
2
,
3
Schroedinger,
1
van Laue,
1
,
2
Wien,
1
“
“non-Aryan,” as euphemism for Jews,
1
,
2
N
Notgemeinschaft Deutscher Wissenschaftler
,
1
Nuremberg Laws,
1
,
2
,
3
Nya Dagligt Allehande
,
1
O
observations,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Ohnesorge, Wilhelm,
1
Olympic Academy,
1
,
2
“
“On a New Kind of Rays” (Roentgen),
1.1
-
1.2
“On the Experimental Fundamentals of the Relativity Principle” (Laub),
1
O
On the Principle of Relativity, Ether, and Gravitation
(Lenard),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Oppenheimer, Robert,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Oscar II,
1
,
2
,
3
Oseen, Carl Wilhelm,
1.1
-
1.2
Ostwald, Wilhelm,
1
P
pacifism,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
particle physics,
1.1
-
1.2
perihelion,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
photodynamics,
1
photoelectric effect,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Einstein’s Nobel Prize,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
Physical and Medical Society of Wuerzburg,
1
,
2
Physikalische Zeitschrift
,
1
,
2
Planck, Max,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
,
5
called “white Jew,”
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
chairs Bad Nauheim debate,
1.1
-
1.2
Einstein’s apology and,
1
Hitler, meeting with,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
photoelectric effect,
1
,
2
president of Kaiser Wilhelm Society,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
quantum hypothesis,
1
quantum theory,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3
signs Manifesto,
1
Planck’s constant,
1
pragmatic mentality,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
“
“The Pragmatic and Dogmatic Spirit in Physics” (Stark),
1.1
-
1.2
P
Princeton University,
1.1
-
1.2
Prussian Academy of Sciences,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3
,
4
Q
quantum theory,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
R
Rabi, Isidor,
1
Rathenau, Walther,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Reagan, Ronald,
1
reference systems,
1
Reich Physical and Technical Institute,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3
Reichstag fire,
1
Reicke, Georg,
1
relativism,
1.1
-
1.2
relativity
anti-relativity campaigns,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
,
6
,
7.1
-
7.2
,
8
,
9
,
10
Einstein’s humor about,
1
Nobel Prize special reports on,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
relativism equated with,
1.1
-
1.2
special relativity, theory of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
See also
general relativity, theory of
Relativity Theory, Ether, and Gravitation
(Lenard),
1
Relativity—the Special and General Theory
(Einstein),
1
Robeson, Paul,
1
Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.1
-
5.2
,
6.1
-
6.2
correspondence with Lenard,
1.1
-
1.2
Nazis dismiss work of,
1.1
-
1.2
signs Manifesto,
1
as “white Jew”,
1
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
1.1
-
1.2
Rosenberg, Alfred,
1
Rubens, Heinrich,
1
Rust, Bernhard,
1
Rutherford, Ernest,
1
S
SA (storm troopers),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
book burning,
1.1
-
1.2
Sachs, Alexander,
1
Schmidt, Friedrich,
1
Schmidt-Ott, Friedrich,
1
Schroedinger, Erwin,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
Schwartz, Philipp,
1
Seeliger, Hugo von,
1
Seisser, Hans Ritter von,
1
Social Democrats,
1
,
2
solar eclipse expedition, 1919,
1
,
2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5.1
-
5.2
Sommerfeld, Arnold,
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
,
3.1
-
3.2
,
4
called “white Jew,”
1
,
2.1
-
2.2
Sophia of Nassau,
1
special relativity, theory of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
Stark, Hans,
1
Stark, Johannes,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
,
5
,
6.1
-
6.2
anti-Einstein activity,
1.1
-
1.2
appointments under Nazis,
1.1
-
1.2
arrested by Allies,
1.1
-
1.2
at Bad Nauheim,
1
disrespect of peers,
1
Heisenberg, attacks on,
1.1
-
1.2
Hitler, access to,
1
Jews in universities, opposition to,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4.1
-
4.2
letter to
Nature
,
1.1
-
1.2
quarrels with colleagues,
1.1
-
1.2
reactionary politics,
1
,
2
reviles Einstein,
1.1
-
1.2
Roentgen and,
1
,
2
as target of Himmler,
1.1
-
1.2
Weyland and,
1
Writings:
The Current Crisis in German Physics
,
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
“The Hitler Spirit and Science” (with Lenard),
1.1
-
1.2
,
2
“The Pragmatic and Dogmatic Spirit in Physics,”
1.1
-
1.2
“White Jews in Science,”
1.1
-
1.2

Other books

Rescuing Julia Twice by Tina Traster
A Sorta Fairytale by Emily McKee
Between Now & Never by Laura Johnston
Look at the Harlequins! by Vladimir Nabokov
Every Whispered Word by Karyn Monk
By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan
The End of Christianity by John W. Loftus