Albert Einstein Archives

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Albert Einstein Archives
Levy Building, Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where the Albert Einstein Archives are located
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31°46′37″N 35°11′44″E / 31.77693463220559°N 35.19565296551292°E / 31.77693463220559; 35.19565296551292
LocationJerusalem
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AffiliationHebrew University of Jerusalem
Websitewww.albert-einstein.org

Albert Einstein Archives refers to an archive on the

Jerusalem, Israel housing the personal papers of 20th century physicist Albert Einstein.[1]

Overview

Einstein's matriculation grades in 1896

In his will, Albert Einstein left the Hebrew University his personal papers and the copyright to them. The Albert Einstein Archives contain some 55,000 items.

Jews to resolve the Arab–Israeli conflict.[7]

History

theory of general relativity by Albert Einstein (1915–16).[8]

Albert Einstein visited

general theory of relativity ended up at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[10]

Einstein did not save all of his written material, but from 1919, as his fame increased, he employed his stepdaughter

Nazis' rise to power in 1933, Einstein's son-in-law Rudolf Kayser, aided by the French Embassy, rescued Einstein's papers in Berlin. Some of the material at Einstein's summer house in Caputh, Brandenburg was destroyed to avoid seizure, although most of his works between 1930 and 1932 were saved. That material was transported via Haberlandstrasse where Einstein lived in Berlin, then to Paris, and ended up stored in Princeton, New Jersey
, United States until after Einstein's death.

Einstein's 1950 will appointed Helen Dukas and Otto Nathan as trustees of the estate and stated, "[A]ll literary rights and assets shall be vested in the Hebrew University."[12] After Einstein's death in 1955, the trustees spent many years organizing Einstein's papers. In the 1960s, Helen Dukas and the physicist Gerald Holton of Harvard University in the USA reorganized the archive, with the aim of publishing the material, in a joint project between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University Press.[13] The material increased from 14,000 documents at the time of Einstein's death in 1955 to around 42,000 documents in 1982.[12] To aid in this work, Einstein's papers were transferred from his Princeton home to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

In 1982, the Einstein Estate transferred Einstein's personal papers to the

Dibner Fund of Connecticut
, USA.

U.S. Declaration of Intent, Albert Einstein

The first curator of the Einstein Archives was Ze'ev Rosenkranz whose term extended from 1989 to 2003. The catalogue was made available online in 2003. Since 2004, Roni Grosz has been the head of the Archives. The Einstein Archives became part of the Hebrew University's Library Authority in January 2008. In July of that year, the Archives moved to the Levy Building on the Givat Ram campus. Since March 19, 2012, the Archives have digitized and made available increasingly more of Einstein's works online.[14] Princeton University Press has also been active in this effort.[15][16]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Albert Einstein: Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1921". Hobel at HU. Israel: Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Albert Einstein Archives". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Rabinovitch, Ari (March 20, 2012). "Einstein the scientist, dreamer, lover: online". Reuters. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  4. ^ "Einstein papers to go digital on the Web". Space Daily. March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  5. ^ Doyle, Carmel (March 20, 2012). "University digitises Einstein archives via new website". Silicon Republic. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  6. ^ "Albert Einstein's complete archives to be posted online". The Guardian. UK. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Brilliant Idea: More Than 80,000 Of Einstein's Documents Going Online". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  8. ^ "Albert Einstein: Manuscript in German of "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity". Originally published in Annalen der Physik (1916). Archival Call No. 120-788". Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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  10. ^ Wolff, Barbara. "Relativity – The paper that challenged our notion of time and space". Albert Einstein Archives. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  11. ^ "The History of the Albert Einstein Archives". The Albert Einstein Archives at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Albert Einstein Archives in Jerusalem". Einstein-website.de. Germany. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  13. ^ "The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein". Princeton University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Archival Database". Albert Einstein Archives. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  15. ^ "The Digital Einstein Papers Website – an Overview". Princeton University Press. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  16. Open Culture
    . 8 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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