阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦 (Albert Einstein)

阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦于1879年出生于德国乌尔姆,被誉为二十世纪最具影响力的物理学家,甚至可说是史上最著名的科学家。

爱因斯坦童年时期曾往返于德国南部、意大利及瑞士。后来,他毕业于苏黎世联邦理工学院(现称瑞士联邦理工学院,ETH),并在伯尔尼的瑞士联邦专利局工作数年。直至1908年,他才获得伯尔尼大学的初级教职,正式踏足学术界。

1905年被誉为爱因斯坦的“奇迹年”(annus mirabilis),他发表了四篇划时代的论文,分别探讨狭义相对论、光电效应、布朗运动及质能等价原理。 他著名的方程式E = mc²,正是源自狭义相对论的研究。 1915年,当时已定居柏林的他,发表了广义相对论,彻底改变了我们对引力的认知——此理论更被誉为“物理学中最美丽的理论”。 2021年,佳士得以11,656,560欧元拍卖出爱因斯坦—贝索手稿,该手稿记录了他早期对广义相对论的研究过程。

On Hitler's handwriting

Albert Einstein, 4 September 1942

A engraved portrait, signed

Albert Einstein, 1933

On pro-German bias at the New School

Albert Einstein, 1934-1950

阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦 (1879-1955).

亲笔签名手稿 《新旧场论》 签名: 'A. Einstein' [柏林,1929 年 2 月 3 日前] 德文, 14 页, 共12张, 290 x 229 毫米 含两个方程式和一个时空连续统结构图,及在第 4 页和第 5 页背面被删除的两页科学公式。

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed (‘A. Einstein’) to [Rudi W.] Mandl, [Princeton], 2 June 1936.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Series of 43 autograph letters signed ('Albert Einstein' (4), 'Albert' (23), the later letters with variations on the pet-name 'Johannzel', two letters lacking signature) to his first wife, Mileva Marić, [Zurich, Milan, Mettmenstetten, Melchtal, Winterthur, Schaffhausen and Bern, 16 February 1898 - ?19 September 1903]

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

Autograph letter signed ('A. Einstein') to [Wander and Geertruida] de Haas ('Meine lieben De-Haasen!'), n.p. [Berlin], n.d. [before 15 November 1915].

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

Autograph manuscript, n.p., n.d. [early 1940s], draft of a scientific paper on Unified Field Theory.

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

'Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen.' Offprint from: Annalen der Physik , 4th Series, vol. 17. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1905.

God does not play dice

Princeton, 30 November 1949

'The great success of gravitation'

Berlin, 3 January 1916

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Autograph letter signed (with initials, 'A.E.') to Cornelius Lanczos, n.p., 21 March 1942

LORENTZ, Hendrik Antoon (1853-1928)

Large collection of scientific publications by the Dutch Nobel laureate, H.A. Lorentz, from his own private library.

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

Autograph scientific manuscript incorporating a draft autograph statement signed (with initials, 'A.E'), 25 December 1925.

'The universe only exists in one example'

Ahrenshoop (on the German Baltic coast), 20 August 1918

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

‘Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik, 4th Series, vol. 18. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1905

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Autograph manuscript signed (at conclusion, 'A. Einstein'), 'Einheitliche Feldtheorie von Gravitation und Elektrizität' [Unified Field Theory of Gravitation and Electricity], [Berlin, before 14 June 1928]

An attempt at a new unified theory

Geneva, 28 July 1925

Quantum equations

Zurich, 11 August 1926

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

Photograph signed ('A. Einstein') and inscribed to [A.C.] Robbins, 1951.

EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

Autograph manuscript, section 3 of a paper on unified field theory, 'Spezialisierte Feldgleichungen für ein Feld, das einer Symmetriebedingung genügt' (Specialised field equations for a field satisfying a symmetry condition), n.p., n.d. [before 23 August 1943]

His will and testament

Albert Einstein, May 1934

Speculation on the age of the universe

Caputh, near Berlin, 1 March 1931

Deep thought as an approach to God

Princeton, 15 April 1950

'A contradiction in the principle of relativity'

Albert Einstein. 23 July 1907