愛因斯坦童年時期曾往返於德國南部、意大利及瑞士。後來，他畢業於蘇黎世聯邦理工學院（現稱瑞士聯邦理工學院，ETH），並在伯恩的瑞士聯邦專利局工作數年。直至1908年，他才獲得伯恩大學的初級教職，正式踏足學術界。
1905年被譽為愛因斯坦的「奇蹟年」（annus mirabilis），他發表了四篇劃時代的論文，分別探討狹義相對論、光電效應、布朗運動及質能等價原理。 他著名的方程式 E = mc²，正是源自狹義相對論的研究。 1915年，當時已定居柏林的他，發表了廣義相對論，徹底改變了我們對引力的認知——此理論更被譽為「物理學中最美麗的理論」。 2021年，佳士得以11,656,560歐元拍賣出愛因斯坦—貝索手稿，該手稿記錄了他早期對廣義相對論的研究過程。
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter (a draft, unsigned) to [Henry Usborne], n.p. [9 January 1948]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Two autograph letters signed ('Einstein' and 'A. Einstein') to Ludwig Hopf, [Prague, after 20 February 1912] and Zurich, 16 August 1912
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph letter signed ('Albert') to Michele Besso, Prague, 26 March [1912]
Michele Besso (1873-1955)
Autograph manuscript calculations and prose drafts on the perihelion of Mercury and the 'Entwurf' theory of general relativity, [June 1913 - 1916]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
'Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie', in: Annalen der Physik , IV. Folge, volume 49, pp.[769]-822. Leipzig: J.A. Barth, 1916.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Revised galley proof sheets for The Meaning of Relativity in its original German text ( Vier Vorlesungen über Relativitätstheorie ), with a leaf of additional text in typescript, Berlin, 26 January - 7 February and 27 April 1922
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Portrait photograph signed (in full, 'Albert Einstein'), n.p., and 10 October 1930
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript, 'Feldgleichungen' (field equations), a summary of his paper 'Systematic investigations of compatible field equations ...', [April 1931]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript, 'Naheliegende Modifikation der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie' (An obvious modification of the general theory of relativity), [c.1932-34]
Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961)
Autograph manuscript, 'Zur Auflösung der Gleich[ung] 0 = g ik,l – g sk Δ s il – g is Δ s lk ' (On the solution of the equation 0 = g ik,l – g sk Δ s il – g is Δ s lk ), [spring 1946]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Autograph manuscript, 'Verallgemeinerung der relativistischen Gravitationstheorie II' (A generalisation of the relativistic theory of gravity), [1946]
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Typed letter signed ('A. Einstein') to Richard G. Kieninger, 112 Mercer Street, Princeton, 3 July 1948
Albert Einstein (1879-1955).
Autograph manuscript signed (‘A. Einstein‘), ‘Altes und Neues zur Feld‐Theorie‘, [Berlin, before 3 February 1929], with two pages of scientific workings. In German. 14 pages, 290 x 229mm.
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].
The completion of the general theory of relativity
Berlin, 21 December 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.
Closing in on general relativity
Zurich, March 1914
His 'boldest dreams' of general relativity
Berlin, 10 December 1915
'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
Equations for a case in general relativity
Princeton, 14 May 1954
EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)
Photograph signed ('A. Einstein') and inscribed to [A.C.] Robbins, 1951.
Quantum mechanics, field theory and relativity
Berlin, 30 October 1931
A 'dazzling demonstration' of the theory of general relativity
Berlin, 26 July 1920
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]
The 16-year-old prodigy
Aarau, 1895
On the nature of time, relativity and quantum theory
Princeton, 10 September 1952
His will and testament
Albert Einstein, May 1934
A dense exposition of unified field theory
Princeton, August 1942
On a mechanical proof for the theory of relativity
Albert Einstein, 1950-1954