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Demoiselles d’Avignon, Les
(Picasso),
280

Depression, Great,
370
–71,
516
,
607
n

determinism,
84
,
156
,
316
,
317
,
320
–21,
323
–25,
331
–33,
334
,
340
,
345
,
347
,
349
,
455
,
575
n

“Deutsch Physik” (“German Physics”),
289
,
315
,
405
–10

Dewey, John,
377

Diaghilev, Serge,
280

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
(Galileo),
108
–9

Diamond, Marian,
547

differential calculus,
61

diffusion,
105
,
223
,
481
–82

Dirac, Paul,
223
,
345
,
349

distant parallelism,
341
,
343
–44

DNA,
546
–47

“Does the Field Theory Offer Possibilities for the Solution of Quanta Problems?” (Einstein),
340

“Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on Its Energy Content?” (Einstein),
138
–39

Dongen, Jeroen von,
594
n

Don Quixote
(Cervantes),
81
,
518

Doppler effect (red shift),
119
n
,
148
,
254
,
311
,
353
–56

double stars,
580
n
Douglas, William O.,
526

Drake, Tom,
492

“Dr. Einstein’s Mistaken Notions,”
497

Driving Mr. Albert
(Paterniti),
546
,
640
n

Drude, Paul,
68
–69,
71
,
102

DuBois, W.E.B.,
531

Duhem, Pierre,
158

Dukas, Helen,
84
,
363
,
371
,
410
,
424
,
437
–39,
443
,
446
,
479
,
481
,
482
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485
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501
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517
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521
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530
,
541
–42,
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,
633
n
,
636
n
,
639
n

Durrell, Lawrence,
279

Dutch Royal Academy,
260
–61

Dyson, Frank,
257
,
261
,
269

Dyson, Freeman,
134
,
251
,
269

Dyson, George,
363

E=mc
2
,
2
,
5
,
137
–39,
140
,
219
,
272
,
348
,
469
–70,
485
,
604
n

Eban, Abba,
521
–22,
523
,
541

echolalia,
9

eclipses,
5
,
191
,
202
–5,
218
,
255
–62,
267
,
269
,
275
–76,
311
,
316
,
317

Economist,
136

Eddington, Arthur Stanley,
256
–62,
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,
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,
312
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,
339
,
340
,
343
,
355
n
,
600
n
,
601
n

Eddy, Mary Baker,
343

Edison, Thomas,
6
,
299

Edison test,
299

Ehrenfest, Paul,
68
,
120
,
132
,
165
,
167
–68,
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396
,
421
–22

Einstein, Albert:

in Aarau, Germany,
25
–31,
40
,
46
,
113
,
115

at Aarenshoop resort,
238
–39

absentmindedness of,
39
,
44
,
59
,
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,
221
n
,
426
–28,
435
–36,
437
,
438
–41,
519

academic career of,
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–52,
158
–63,
175
–88,
239
,
304
–5,
368
,
394
–412,
431
–32

academic positions sought by,
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–56,
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–63,
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–45,
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–53

aloofness of,
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44
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150
–51,
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–62,
184
–86,
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–33,
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–77,
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,
441
–43,
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,
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,
519
–20

anemia of,
517
,
536

aneurysm of,
516
–17,
536
,
541
–43

in Antwerp,
368

arms control supported by,
487
–95,
498
,
500
–501

in Arosa, Switzerland,
234
,
243

assimilation opposed by,
205
–6,
280
–84,
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,
302
–4,
386
,
408
–10,
428

astrology and spiritualism as viewed by,
374
,
384

atheism as viewed by,
386
,
388
–90,
462
,
587
n

Austro-Hungarian citizenship of,
163
–64

authority questioned by,
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–9,
12
–13,
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–22,
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–55,
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–72,
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–79,
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autograph of,
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,
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awards and honors received by,
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,
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–55,
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,
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,
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–16,
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,
438
,
490
,
505
,
516
,
533
–34,
606
n
,
607
n

at Bad Nauheim conference,
287
–89

in Belgium,
168
–71,
289
–91,
344
–49,
405
,
410
–22

as Berlin University professor,
14
,
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,
178
–81,
184
–89,
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,
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–11,
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,
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–16,
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–21,
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,
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–32,
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–42,
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–48,
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–62,
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–89,
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–6,
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–59,
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–83,
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,
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–89,
392
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–95,
399
–401,
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,
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,
471
,
523
,
601
n

in Bermuda,
437
,
479
,
506

as Bern resident,
75
–89,
124
,
125
–26,
141
–55,
167
,
184
–88

as Bern University professor,
144
–53

biographies of,
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–71,
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,
478
,
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,
518
,
601
n
,
639
n

birth of,
11
,
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–92

Bohr’s disputes with,
269
,
324
–26,
344
–49,
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,
514
–15,
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,
609
n

brain of,
545
–48,
640
n
busts of,
423
,
436

in California,
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–55,
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,
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–74,
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–81,
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,
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–98,
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–4,
431

at Caltech,
315
n
,
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,
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,
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,
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–81,
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–98,
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–4,
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Caputh cottage of,
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–60,
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n

Central America visited by,
364
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–72

in Ceylon,
306

in Chicago,
374
–75,
404
–5

childhood of,
8
–31,
67
,
114
,
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,
205
,
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,
462
,
483
,
538
,
548

in Cleveland,
300
,
461
–62

communism as viewed by,
287
,
379
–80,
399
–401,
403
,
420
–21,
445
–47,
478
,
489
–90,
494
–503,
524
–34,
550
,
633
n
–34
n

compass given to,
13
,
67
,
462
,
538
,
548

correspondence of,
1
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3
,
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–47,
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–53,
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104
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106
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131
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–38,
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–44,
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–61,
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–6,
408
–9,
411
,
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–16,
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,
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–22;
see also specific correspondents

correspondence of (Berlin),
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,
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–4,
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,
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–11,
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–16,
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–32,
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–83,
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–89,
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,
601
n

correspondence of (Princeton),
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–31,
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,
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,
442
,
467
,
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,
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–83,
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,
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–501,
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–20,
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–29,
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,
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,
540
,
636
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cremation of,
544
,
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in Cuba,
371

daily walks of,
438
–39,
442
–43,
509
,
536
–37

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