BIB_ID
336930
Accession number
MA 4725.14
Creator
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Display Date
"Donnerstag" [after 1919 Dec. 15].
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 (1 p.) ; 26.8 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).
Probable date of writing from published letter; Einstein has dated the letter Donnerstag [Thursday].
Probable date of writing from published letter; Einstein has dated the letter Donnerstag [Thursday].
Provenance
Mr. Horace Wood Brock, Mr. John Biddle Brock, and Ms. Hope Brock Winthrop.
Summary
Posing questions relating to specific calculations and assumptions in Freundlich's paper; asking "Am I not sitting on the branch I myself have sawn off? You must definitely enlighten me about this."
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