BIB_ID
336923
Accession number
MA 4725.12
Creator
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Display Date
"Sonntag" [1917 Feb. 18 or later].
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Horace Wood Brock, Mr. John Biddle Brock, and Ms. Hope Brock Winthrop, in loving memory of their parents, Horace Brock (1918-1981) and Hope Distler Brock (1908-1988), 1991.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 21.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Albert Einstein to the German astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information (MA 4725.1-25).
Place and date of writing from published letter; Einstein dated the letter [Sonntag] Sunday.
With mathematical calculations and a graph, in pencil, on the verso of the 2nd leaf
Place and date of writing from published letter; Einstein dated the letter [Sonntag] Sunday.
With mathematical calculations and a graph, in pencil, on the verso of the 2nd leaf
Provenance
Mr. Horace Wood Brock, Mr. John Biddle Brock, and Ms. Hope Brock Winthrop.
Summary
Saying that he has been "turning the elliptic space problem over in my mind and understand it completely; including a diagram of an elliptic space to support his hypothesis; suggesting that they discuss the problem of "star statistics" in a joint paper;" saying that perhaps "the chasm between the 10⁴ and 10⁷ light years can be bridged after all! That would mean the beginning of an epoch in astronomy."
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