the collected papers of albert einstein · 166. to hans albert einstein, 18 december 1915 167. to...

THE COLLECTED PAPERS OF

Albert EinsteinVOLUME 8

THE BERLIN YEARS:

CORRESPONDENCE, 1914-1918

PART A: 1914-1917

Robert Schulmann, A.J. Kox,Michel Janssen, and Jozsef Illy

EDITORS

Karl von MeyennASSOCIATE EDITOR

Guillaume de Syon and Giuseppe CastagnettiCONTRIBUTING EDITORS

R. Fountain, A. Hentschel, A. Mynttinen, and A. PringleEDITORIAL ASSISTANTS

Princeton University Press1998

LIST OF TEXTS

PART A

Vol. 1, 116. From Mileva Marie, after 7 July 1901*

Vol. 5, 136a. From Dmitry Mirimanoff, 5 February 1909*

Vol. 5, 136b. To Dmitry Mirimanoff, 9 February 1909*

Vol. 5, 312a. To Marie Curie, 23 November 1911*

Vol. 5, 375a. From Walther Nernst, 23 March 1912*

Vol. 5,430. To Unknown Addressee, 2 March 1913*

Vol. 5, 500a. To Jakob Ehrat, 7 January 1914*

1. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 2 April 1914

2. To Paul Ehrenfest, before 10 April 1914

3. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, Hans Albeit and Eduard Einstein,10 April 1914

4. From Paul Ehrenfest, 10 April 1914 or later

5. To Joseph Petzoldt, 14 April 1914

6. To Adolf Hurwitz and Family, 4 May 1914

7. To Petr Petrovich Lazarev, 16 May 1914

8. To Paul Ehrenfest, 18 May 1914

9. From Paul Ehrenfest, 20 May 1914

10. From Paul Ehrenfest, 21 May 1914


12. To Otto Stern, after 4 June 1914

13. To Joseph Petzoldt, 11 June 1914

14. To Wilhelm Wien, 15 June 1914

15. From Wilhelm Wien, 19 June 1914

16. From Walter Schottky, 25 June 1914

17. From Walther Nernst, 2 July 1914

18. To Max Planck, 7 July 1914

* This document was discovered after the publication of Volume Five.

LIST OF TEXTS PART A

19. To Paul Ehrenfest, 8 July 1914

20. From Max Planck, 12 July 1914

21. To Fritz Reiche, 18 July 1914

22. Memorandum to Mileva Einstein-Marie, with Comments,ca. 18 July 1914

23. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, ca. 18 July 1914

24. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, ca. 18 July 1914

25. To Robert Heller, 20 July 1914

26. To Elsa Einstein, 26 July 1914

27. To Elsa Einstein, after 26 July 1914

28. To Elsa Einstein, before 30 July 1914



31. To Elsa Einstein, 3 August 1914

32. To Elsa Einstein, after 3 August 1914

33. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 18 August 1914

34. To Paul Ehrenfest, 19 August 1914

35. To Hans Albert Einstein, 10 September 1914

36. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 15 September 1914

37. To Adolf Schmidt, 30 October 1914

38. From Adolf Schmidt, 31 October 1914

39. To Paul Ehrenfest, beginning December 1914

40. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 12 December 1914

41. To Michael Polanyi, 13 December 1914

42. To Michael Polanyi, 30 December 1914

43. From Hendrik A. Lorentz, between 1 and 23 January 1915

44. To Edgar Meyer, 2 January 1915

45. To Paolo Straneo, 7 January 1915

46. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 12 January 1915

47. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 23 January 1915

48. To Hans Albert Einstein, 25 January 1915

49. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 27 January 1915

50. To Wladyslaw Natanson, 27 January 1915

51. To Wilhelm Waldeyer, 27 January 1915


52. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 3 February 1915

53. To Erwin Freundlich, ca. 3 February 1915

54. To Erwin Freundlich, 5 February 1915

55. To Michael Polanyi, 10 February 1915

56. To Michele Besso, 12 February 1915

57. To Georg Nicolai, 20 February 1915

58. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 1 March 1915

59. To Erwin Freundlich, between 1 and 25 March 1915

60. To Tullio Levi-Civita, 5 March 1915

61. To Wander de Haas, 17 March 1915


63. To Erwin Freundlich, 19 March 1915


65. To Romain Rolland, 22 March 1915


67. From Tullio Levi-Civita, 28 March 1915

68. From Romain Rolland, 28 March 1915

69. To Tullio Levi-Civita, 2 April 1915

70. To Hans Albert Einstein, before 4 April 1915


72. To Geertruida de Haas, before 10 April 1915

73. To Heinrich Zangger, ca. 10 April 1915



76. To Fritz Weishut, 18 April 1915



79. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 28 April 1915

80. To Tullio Levi-Civita, 5 May 1915

81. To Michael Polanyi, 8 May 1915

82. To Wander and Geertruida de Haas, ca. 10 May 1915

83. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 15 May 1915

84. To Heinrich Zangger, 17 May 1915

85. From Max von Laue, 27 May 1915

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86. To Heinrich Zangger, 28 May 1915

87. To Walter Dallenbach, 31 May 1915

88. From Helene Katz, 11 June 1915

89. To Michael Polanyi, 18 June 1915

90. From Hans Reissner, 22 June 1915

91. To David Hilbert, 24 June 1915

92. To Wander and Geertruida de Haas, 6 July 1915

93. To Michael Polanyi, 6 July 1915

94. To Heinrich Zangger, 7 July 1915


96. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 15 July 1915

97. From Heinrich Mousson, 19 July 1915

98. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 21 July 1915


100. To Heinrich Mousson, 24 July 1915

101. To Heinrich Zangger, between 24 July and 7 August 1915

102. To Wander and Geertruida de Haas, 2 August 1915

103. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 2 August 1915

104. To Wander de Haas, 7 August 1915

105. From Knud A. Nissen, 9 August 1915



108. To Paul Hertz, between 14 August and 4 November 1915

109. To Pieter Zeeman, 15 August 1915


111. To Paul Hertz, 22 August 1915


113. To Wladyslaw Natanson, 24 August 1915

114. To Elsa Einstein, 30 August 1915

115. To Elsa Einstein, 3 September 1915



118. To Romain Rolland, 15 September 1915

119. To Heinrich Mousson, 17 September 1915


120. To Heinrich Zangger, 19 September 1915

121. To Heinrich Zangger, 21 September 1915

122. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 23 September 1915

123. To Erwin Freundlich, 30 September 1915

124. To Otto Naumann, after 1 October 1915

125. To Paul Hertz, before 8 October 1915

126. To Paul Hertz, before 8 October 1915

127. From Paul Hertz, 8 October 1915

128. To Paul Hertz, 9 October 1915

129. To Hendrik A. Lorentz , 12 October 1915

130. To Heinrich Zangger, 15 October 1915

131. To Walther Schiicking, 22 October 1915

132. To Berliner Goethebund, after 23 October 1915

133. From Michele Besso, ca. 30 October 1915

134. To Hans Albert Einstein, 4 November 1915

135. From Mileva Einstein-Marie, 5 November 1915

136. To David Hilbert, 7 November 1915

137. From Max Planck, 7 November 1915

138. To Berliner Goethebund, 11 November 1915


140. From David Hilbert, 13 November 1915

141. To Wander and Geertruida de Haas, before 15 November 1915


143. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 15 November 1915


145. From Max Planck, 15 November 1915

146. To Berliner Goethebund, 16 November 1915

147. To Michele Besso, 17 November 1915


149. From David Hilbert, 19 November 1915


151. To Erwin Freundlich, 24 November 1915

152. To Heinrich Zangger, 26 November 1915

153. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 28 November 1915


154. From Michele Besso, 29 November 1915

155. To Michele Besso, 30 Novemberl915


157. To Erwin Freundlich, 30 November 1915

158. From Michele Besso, after 30 November 1915


160. To Otto Naumann, 7 December 1915

161. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 9 December 1915

162. To Michele Besso, 10 December 1915


164. From Michele Besso, 11 December 1915

165. To Moritz Schlick, 14 December 1915

166. To Hans Albert Einstein, 18 December 1915

167. To David Hilbert, 20 December 1915

168. To Michele Besso, 21 December 1915

169. From Karl Schwarzschild, 22 December 1915


171. To Royal Society of Sciences in Gottingen, 23 December 1915


173. To Paul Ehrenfest, 26 December 1915


175. To Wladyslaw Natanson, 29 December 1915

176. To Karl Schwarzschild, 29 December 1915


178. To Michele Besso, 3 January 1916

179. To Paul Ehrenfest, 3 January 1916


181. To Karl Schwarzschild, 9 January 1916




185. To Paul Ehrenfest, 24 January 1916 or later

186. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 2 February 1916

187. To Mileva Einstein-Marie", 6 February 1916


188. From Karl Schwarzschild, 6 February 1916

189. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 8 February 1916

190. To Hermann Struve, 13 February 1916

191. To Otto Stern, 15 February 1916

192. To Otto Stern, after 15 February 1916

193. To David Hilbert, 18 February 1916

194. To Karl Schwarzschild, 19 February 1916

195. To Max Born, 27 February 1916

196. To Wilhelm Wien, 28 February 1916

197. To Hans Albert Einstein, 3 March 1916

198. To Otto Stern, 10 March 1916


200. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 12 March 1916

201. From Otto Stern, 13 March 1916


203. To Wilhelm Wien, 18 March 1916

204. From Wilhelm Foerster, 25 March 1916

205. To Otto Stern, 27 March 1916


207. To David Hilbert, 30 March 1916

208. To Mileva EinsteinrMaric, 1 April 1916

209. To Michele Besso, 6 April 1916

210. To Hans Albert and Eduard Einstein, 6 April 1916

211. To Mileva Einstein-Marie, 8 April 1916

212. To Elsa Einstein, 12 April 1916


214. To Hans Albert Einstein, 15 April 1916




218. To Paul Ehrenfest, 29 April 1916

219. To Michele Besso, 14 May 1916


221. To David Hilbert, 25 May 1916

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222. From David Hilbert, 27 May 1916


224. To David Hilbert, 2 June 1916

225. From Hendrik A. Lorentz, 6 June 1916

226. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 17 June 1916

227. To Willem de Sitter, 22 June 1916

228. From Theophile de Donder, 27 June 1916

229. From Michele Besso, 28 June 1916

230. To Theophile de Donder, 30 June 1916

231. From Theophile de Donder, 4 July 1916

232. To Theophile de Donder, 8 July 1916

233. To Michele Besso, 14 July 1916

234. From Theophile de Donder, 14 July 1916

235. To Willem de Sitter, 15 July 1916


237. From Michele Besso, 17 July 1916




241. To Hans Albert Einstein, 25 July 1916


243. From Willem de Sitter, 27 July 1916

244. From Willem de Sitter, 27 July 1916


246. To Arnold Sommerfeld, 3 August 1916

247. From Gunnar Nordstrom, 3 August 1916

248. From Theophile de Donder, 6 August 1916

249. From Theophile de Donder, 8 August 1916

250. To Michele Besso, 11 August 1916


252. To Heinrich Zangger, 24 August 1916


254. To Michele Besso, 6 September 1916

255. To Constantin Caratheodory, 6 September 1916

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256. To Paul Ehrenfest, 6 September 1916

257. To Hedwig Bom, 8 September 1916

258. To Helene Savic, 8 September 1916

259. To Paul Ehrenfest, 14 September 1916


261. To Hans Albert Einstein, 26 September 1916

262. To Wander and Geertruida de Haas, 3 October 1916

263. To Hans Albert Einstein, 13 October 1916

264. To Werner Weisbach, 14 October 1916

265. To Carl Kormann, 15 October 1916

266. From Carl Kormann, 16 October 1916

267. To Wilhelm Wien, 17 October 1916

268. To Paul and Tatiana Ehrenfest, 18 October 1916

269. To Paul Ehrenfest, 24 October 1916

270. To Michele Besso, 31 October 1916

271. To Hans Albert Einstein, after 31 October 1916

Editorial Note: The Einstein-De Sitter-Weyl-Klein Debate

272. From Willem de Sitter, 1 November 1916

273. To Willem de Sitter, 4 November 1916

274. To Wilhelm Ostwald, 6 November 1916

275. To Paul Ehrenfest, 7 November 1916

276. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 13 November 1916


278. To Hermann Weyl, 23 November 1916


280. To Wilhelm Rontgen, 29 November 1916

281. From Gunnar Nordstrom, 30 November 1916



284. To Constantin Caratheodory, 10 December 1916

285. From Constantin Caratheodory, 16 December 1916

286. To Hermann Weyl, 3 January 1917

287. To Hans Albert Einstein, 8 January 1917

288. From Alexander Moszkowski, 18 January 1917

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289. To Georg Nicolai, ca. 22 January 1917

290. To Willem de Sitter, 23 January 1917

291. To Wladyslaw Natanson, 28 January 1917

292. From Alexander Moszkowski, 1 February 1917

293. To Willem de Sitter, 2 February 1917

294. To Paul Ehrenfest, 4 February 1917

295. From Max Planck, 4 February 1917

296. From Moritz Schlick, 4 February 1917

297. To Moritz Schlick, 6 February 1917

298. To Paul Ehrenfest, 14 February 1917

299. To Walter Dallenbaeh, after 15 February 1917

300. To Erwin Freundlich, 18 February 1917 or later

301. To Kathia Adler, 20 February 1917

302. From Georg Nicolai, 26 February 1917

303. To Georg Nicolai, 28 February 1917

304. To Georg Nicolai, after 28 February 1917

305. To Walther Rathenau, 8 March 1917

306. To Michele Besso, 9 March 1917

307. From Friedrich Adler, 9 March 1917

308. To Michele Besso, after 9 March 1917

309. To Heinrich Zangger, 10 March 1917

310. To Heinrich Zangger, after 10 March 1917 \

311. To Willem de Sitter, before 12 March 1917

312. From Willem de Sitter, 15 March 1917

313. From Willem de Sitter, 20 March 1917

314. To Moritz Schlick, 21 March 1917

315. From Hendrik A. Lorentz, 22 March 1917

316. From Friedrich Adler, 23 March 1917

317. To Willem de Sitter, 24 March 1917

318. From Max von Laue, 24 March 1917

319. To Felix Klein, 26 March 1917

320. To Moritz Schlick, 1 April 1917

321. From Willem de Sitter, 1 April 1917

322. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 3 April 1917

LIST OF TEXTS PART A x x i i i

323. To Felix Klein, 4 April 1917

324. To Friedrich Adler, 13 April 1917

325. To Willem de Sitter, 14 April 1917

326. From Otto Neurath, 15 April 1917

327. From Willem de Sitter, 18 April 1917

328. To Felix Klein, 21 April 1917

329. From Friedrich Adler, 25 April 1917

330. To Eduard Hartmann, 27 April 1917


332. To Emil Beck, 30 April 1917

333. From Michele Besso, 4 May 1917

334. From Michele Besso, 5 May 1917


336. From Friedrich Adler, 7 May 1917

337. From Walther Rathenau, 10-11 May 1917

338. To Paul Mamroth, 11 May 1917




342. From Heinrich Zangger, 20 May 1917

343. To Moritz Schlick, 21 May 1917


345. From Max Planck, 26 May 1917

346. From Gustav Mie, 30 May 1917

347. From Wilhelm Wien, 1 June 1917

348. To Gustav Mie, 2 June 1917

349. To Wilhelm Wien, 2 June 1917

350. To Paul Ehrenfest, 3 June 1917


352. From Paul Ehrenfest, 14 June 1917

353. From Erwin Freundlich, 17 June 1917

354. From Max von Laue, 18 June 1917

355. From Willem de Sitter, 20 June 1917



357. To Michele Besso, 24 June 1917

358. From Max von Laue, 25 June 1917


360. From Friedrich Adler, 4 July 1917

361. From Hans Thirring, 11-17 July 1917

362. To Paul Ehrenfest, 22 July 1917


364. From Franz Selety, 23 July 1917



367. To Michele and Anna Besso-Winteler, 1 August 1917

368. To Tullio Levi-Civita, 2 August 1917

369. To Hans Thirring, 2 August 1917

370. To Willem de Sitter, 8 August 1917


372. To Paul Seippel, 19 August 1917

373. From Romain Rolland, 21 August 1917

374. To Romain Rolland, 22 August 1917

375. From Tullio Levi-Civita, 23 August 1917

376. From Romain Rolland, 23 August 1917


378. To Erwin Freundlich, 3 September 1917 .

379. From Adolf von Hamack, 12 September 1917

380. To Wtadyslaw Natanson, 14 September 1917


382. From Gunnar Nordstrom, 22-28 September 1917

383. To Edouard Guillaume, 24 September 1917

384. To Walter Schottky, 26 September 1917

385. From Edouard Guillaume, 3 October 1917

386. To Adolf von Hamack, 6 October 1917

387. To Edouard Guillaume, 9 October 1917

388. To Walter Schottky, 10 October 1917

389. From Adolf von Hamack, 10 October 1917

390. To Hans Albert Einstein, 15 October 1917


391. To Werner Weisbach, 15 October 1917

392. From Edouard Guillaume, 17 October 1917

393. From Gunnar Nordstrom, 23 October 1917

394. To Edouard Guillaume, 24 October 1917

395. From Franz Selety, 29 October 1917

396. To Edgar Meyer, 30 October 1917

397. From Zofija Smoluchowska-Baraniecka, 8 November 1917

398. From Rudolf Forster, 11 November 1917


400. To Rudolf Forster, 16 November 1917

401. From Hans Thirring, 3 December 1917

402. From Erwin Freundlich, 4 December 1917

403. To Heinrich Zangger, 6 December 1917

404. From Erwin Freundlich, 6 December 1917

405. To Hans Thirring, 7 December 1917


407. To Gustav Mie, 14 December 1917

408. To Felix Klein, 15 December 1917

409. To Wilhelm von Siemens, before 16 December 1917

410. From Gustav Mie, 17 December 1917

411. From Heinrich Zangger, 17 December 1917


413. To Hendrik A. Lorentz, 18 December 1917

414. From Max von Laue, 19 December 1917

415. To Otto Marx, 22 December 1917



418. From Walther Nemst, 25 December 1917


420. From Rudolf Forster, 28 December 1917


422. From Mercur Aircraft Company, 29 December 1917

423. From Max Planck, 29 December 1917


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