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The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 10: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, May-December 1920, and Supplementary Correspondence, 1909-1920 - Documentary Edition
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Hardback. Presents letters written by Einstein's sons, the adolescent Hans Albert and little Eduard, and numerous letters written by Einstein to his cousin and future second wife Elsa Einstein. Combined with correspondence with his close friend Heinrich Zangger, this supplementary correspondence provides details of Einstein's private life. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Sauer, Tilman; Rosenkranz, Ze'ev; Illy, Jozsef; Holmes, Virginia Iris. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 768 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: GBC; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1628.
The first half of this volume presents a substantial amount of heretofore unavailable correspondence. From among family letters closed for twenty years after the death of Margot Einstein, who donated them to the Albert Einstein Archives in Jerusalem, the volume presents, for the first time, letters written by Einstein's sons, the adolescent Hans Albert and little Eduard, and numerous letters written by Einstein to his cousin and future second wife Elsa Einstein. Combined with newly available correspondence with his close friend Heinrich Zangger, this supplementary correspondence provides vivid and intimate details of Einstein's private life. It documents the emotional bonds ... Read more
The first half of this volume presents a substantial amount of heretofore unavailable correspondence. From among family letters closed for twenty years after the death of Margot Einstein, who donated them to the Albert Einstein Archives in Jerusalem, the volume presents, for the first time, letters written by Einstein's sons, the adolescent Hans Albert and little Eduard, and numerous letters written by Einstein to his cousin and future second wife Elsa Einstein. Combined with newly available correspondence with his close friend Heinrich Zangger, this supplementary correspondence provides vivid and intimate details of Einstein's private life. It documents the emotional bonds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Language
German
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
Series
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691128252
SKU
V9780691128252
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About Albert Einstein
At the California Institute of Technology, Diana Kormos Buchwald is Professor of History; Tilman Sauer is a Senior Research Associate in History; and Ze'ev Rosenkranz, Jozsef Illy, and Virginia Iris Holmes are research staff in History.
Reviews for The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 10: The Berlin Years: Correspondence, May-December 1920, and Supplementary Correspondence, 1909-1920 - Documentary Edition
"Like its predecessors, Volume 10, with its carefully edited and annotated texts, is a valuable source of information for historians. Together, its two parts provide new material for an appraisal of Einstein's familial and affective situation and offer vivid insight into one of the most intense periods of his life. Even if the content of some of these documents has ... Read more