Read Einstein Online

Authors: Walter Isaacson

Einstein (150 page)

superposition in,
456
–60

thought experiments
(Gedankenexperiment)
for,
345
–46,
348
–49,
448
–60,
468
,
512

unified field theory vs.,
4
,
315
–16,
320
–21,
336
–38,
340
,
341
,
349
,
453
,
468
–69,
538

“Quantum Trickery: Testing Einstein’s Strangest Theory” (Overbye),
459

Queen Mary,
437

racism,
378
,
380
,
381
,
445
,
505
,
520
,
531

radio signals,
111

radium,
138
,
139
,
171

randomness,
2
,
84
,
103
–6,
577
n

“random walk,”
105
,
577
n

Rankin, John,
495
–96

Rapallo Treaty (1922),
303

Rathenau, Walther,
302
–4,
305

Rawles, Marian,
526

reason,
81
–84

Redemption of Tycho Brahe, The
(Brod),
166
–67

Red Scare,
379
,
480
,
500
–503,
524
–34,
537
,
550

redshift,
119
n
,
148
,
254
,
311
,
353
–56

refrigerators,
471

Reign of Relativity, The
(Haldane),
278
–79

relativity,
107
–49,
189
–224,
249
–62

acceleration in,
108
,
145
–49,
155
,
181
–82,
188
–92,
199
,
201
–2,
223
,
319
–20,
511
,
548
,
607
n

“action at a distance” and,
319
–20,
330

black holes and,
250
–52

“border conditions” in,
252
–54,
265
–66

causality in,
216
,
323
,
324
,
332

complexity of,
6
,
262
,
265
–67,
295
–97

conceptual breakthroughs in,
107
–13,
122
–27,
138
,
145
–49,
176
–77,
211
–24,
266
,
316
–18,
467
–68,
538
–39,
548

constant velocity in,
107
–9,
114
,
118
–19,
127
–31,
145
,
148
,
189
,
201

cosmological implications of,
223
–24,
248
,
249
–62,
265
–66,
353
–56,
372
,
442
,
510
–11,
613
n

cosmological term (λ) in,
254
–55,
353
–56,
372
,
613
n

covariance in,
195
,
198
–202,
212
,
213
,
218
–22,
224
,
591
n
–92
n
,
594
n

development of,
9
,
14
,
26
,
47
–48,
62
,
71
,
93
,
94
,
107
–39

Einstein’s intuitive approach to,
113
–18,
119
,
131
,
133
,
142
,
145
,
146
–47,
197
–98,
201
–2,
214
,
250
–51,
259
–60,
297
–98,
316
–18,
333
–34,
346
,
351
–52,
467
–68,
538
–39,
580
n
–81
n

Einstein’s lectures on,
212
,
214
–15,
218
,
219
–20,
223
,
228
,
232
,
272
,
295
,
296
,
297
,
298
,
306
–7

energy conservation in,
197
,
198
,
213
,
592
n

Entwurf
approach for,
198
–202,
204
,
212
,
213
–14,
215
,
216
,
256
,
591
n
,
592
n
,
594
n

equivalence principle in,
147
–48,
190
,
197
,
351
,
540
–41,
589
n

ether concept and,
111
–13,
115
–17,
119
,
128
,
131
,
133
,
135
,
297
,
300
,
317
–20,
332
,
351
,
373
,
578
n
,
579
n
–80
n

experimental support for,
47
–48,
112
,
115
–18,
130
,
147
–48,
191
,
199
,
202
–5,
212
,
213
,
251
,
255
–62,
264
,
267
,
288
,
310
–12,
314
,
351
,
353
–56,
579
n
–80
n

as field theory,
159
,
189
,
197
–98,
200
–201,
212
–24,
254
–55,
336
–37,
353
,
468
,
591
n
–92
n
,
594
n

general theory of,
3
,
13
,
14
,
36
,
83
,
108
,
145
–49,
155
,
159
,
178
,
179
–80,
183
,
189
–224,
232
,
235
,
249
–62,
291
,
311
,
312
,
317
,
318
–20,
330
,
333
–34,
336
–38,
340
,
351
–56,
372
,
419
,
460
,
467
–68,
589n–96n,
607
n

geometry of,
192
,
222
,
337

gravitation and,
145
–49,
155
,
181
–82,
189
–97,
198
,
199
–202,
215
,
216
–22,
223
,
249
,
250
–62,
266
,
293
,
314
,
319
–20,
337
,
347
,
349
,
468
,
511
,
538
–39,
548
,
590n–94n,
607
n

Hilbert’s equations for,
212
–22,
232

“hole argument” in,
201
,
591
n
–92
n

inductive method for,
116
–18,
191
,
579
n
–81
n

inertia in,
107
–9,
118
–19,
131
,
146
–47,
190
,
199
–201,
251
–52,
318
–20,
468
,
548

invariances in,
131
–32,
324

as ”Jewish physics,”
142
,
269
–71,
284
–89,
311
–12,
315

least action principle and,
141
,
584
n

light bending in,
5
,
148
–49,
165
,
189
–92,
202
–5,
218
,
219
,
255
–62,
266
,
312
–13,
355

local effects in,
189
–90,
583
n

magnetic fields in,
184
,
185

manuscripts of,
136
,
482
,
583
n

mass in,
250
–51,
252
,
468
,
548

mathematical strategy for,
196
,
197
–98,
214
,
594
n

mathematics of,
36
,
127
,
132
,
133
,
136
,
137
,
149
,
159
,
191
n
,
192
–99,
211
–24,
250
,
251
,
288
,
337
,
340
,
351
,
352
,
468
,
510
–11,
590
n
–91
n
,
594
n

Maxwell equations and,
115
,
118
,
120
,
121
,
138
,
155
–56,
157
,
169
,
170
,
336
n
–37
n
,
338
,
549
,
578
n
,
581
n

measurement in,
128
–29,
313
,
337

Mercury perihelion confirmed by,
199
,
212
,
213
,
218
–19,
223
,
224
,
250
,
311
,
313
,
593
n
–94
n

metric tensors used in,
194
–98,
200
–201,
212
–22,
254
–55,
320
,
340
,
351
,
352
,
590n–9ln

modernism and,
3
,
277
–80

moral relativism contrasted with,
270
,
277
–80,
602
n

motion in,
36
,
93
,
107
–9,
127
–31,
133
,
134
,
135
,
145
–46,
197
,
199
–201,
212
,
213
,
215
,
220
,
223
,
318
–20,
467

Newtonian laws modified by,
114
,
118
–19,
125
,
133
,
145
,
146
–47,
189
,
197
,
198
,
199
–201,
204
,
214
,
216
,
218
,
223
,
251
–52,
256
,
258
,
259
,
261
–62,
264
,
266
,
277
,
280
,
548

observational frames of reference in,
114
,
116
,
118
–19,
121
–22,
130
–32,
148
,
277
,
333
,
511
,
581
n
,
594n,
596
n

papers published on,
122
–35,
138
–39,
144
,
190
–91,
198
–202,
214
,
215
,
219
,
220
,
223
,
252
–55,
256
,
317
–18,
580
n
,
582
n

paradoxes in,
114
–15,
130

particle theory and,
120
–22,
124
,
141
–42,
190
,
255
,
256
,
318
–20,
321
,
580
n
–81
n
,
583
n

physical laws in,
107
–8,
196
–97,
216
–17,
223
–24,
277
,
278
,
312
–13,
510
–11

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