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  Some of the scientists seem 13 May 1931, in Rhodes Trust Archives, file 2694A, Rhodes House, Oxford.

  your present of two blackboards 19 May 1931, in Rhodes Trust Archives, file 2694A, Rhodes House, Oxford.

  I should be glad if you could come round 25 May 1931, in Rhodes Trust Archives, file 2694A, Rhodes House, Oxford.

  It appears that Einstein stumbled Cormac O’Raifeartaigh, ‘Einstein’s Blackboard and the Friedmann-Einstein Model of the Cosmos’, https://coraifeartaigh.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/einsteins-blackboard/ (accessed 7 Nov. 2018).

  In so far as he understood what Relativity was about Griffiths: 5.

  Atque utinam Mercurius hodie adesset Oxford University Gazette, 3 June 1931: 627.

  The doctrine which he interprets Oxford Times, 29 May 1931.

  serious, but not wholly accurate 23 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  I had noticed his face lit up Margaret Deneke, ‘Professor Albert Einstein’: 4, in Deneke Papers, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

  Generations of Oxford undergraduates Entry on Helena Deneke, ODNB, 23 Sept. 2004.

  In he came with short quick steps Margaret Deneke, ‘Professor Albert Einstein’: 1–3, in Deneke Papers, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

  Lady Wylie thought Ibid.: 4–5.

  The guests hastily left the room 15 May 1931 in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  He scrutinised the violin Margaret Deneke, ‘Professor Albert Einstein’: 13–14, in Deneke Papers, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

  relatively good White: 287.

  the denizen of dimly lit music rooms Ibid.: 288.

  Professor Einstein was still at his breakfast table Margaret Deneke, ‘Professor Albert Einstein’: 23–4, in Deneke Papers, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

  the holy brotherhood in tails 2/3 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  He was by nature a rebel Hoffmann and Dukas: 248.

  In our governing body Harrod: 47.

  Dr. Einstein, do tell me Toynbee: 268. According to Arnold Toynbee, Einstein answered Gilbert Murray in Tom Quad: ‘I am thinking that, after all, this is a very small star.’ However, in a remarkably similar anecdote referring to Murray’s house recounted by Murray himself, Einstein answered as I have given: see Nathan and Norden, eds: 70.

  Dundas lets his rooms decay The Times, 17 May 1955.

  Evening club meal in dinner-jacket 1 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  Silent existence in the hermitage 2/3 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  was a charming person Harrod: 47.

  threw himself into all the activities Lindemann to Lothian, 27 June 1931, in Cherwell Papers, file D56, Nuffield College, Oxford.

  very clever man 5 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  showed that Milne’s distinctive approach Christopher Smeenk, ‘Einstein’s Role in the Creation of Relativistic Cosmology’, in Janssen and Lehner, eds: 253.

  excellent institution 22 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  pitiful 23 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  There are so many fictitious peace societies A. Fenner Brockway, New World, July 1931, in Nathan and Norden, eds: 140.

  For example, he suggested that The Friend, 12 June 1931: 567.

  a fat giant with a red face 21 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  more Egyptian than Greek in character 26 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  The types of humanity in the streets Margaret Deneke, ‘Professor Albert Einstein’: 7, in Deneke Papers, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

  Make sure you get home 9 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  Soon there will be water-closets 25 May 1931, in Einstein, ‘Diary Notes, April–June 1931, Berlin and Oxford’, Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 29–142.

  Long-branched and delicately strung Isaacson: 361.

  tiny moustached and hatted figure Golding: 182, and extended version in Golding, ‘Thinking as a Hobby’, http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/hdwyer/thinking-as-a-hobby-by-william-golding/ (accessed 7 Nov. 2018).

  Your kind letter has filled me 6 July 1931, in Cherwell Papers, file D56, Nuffield College, Oxford.

  harmonious community life 29 Oct. 1931, in Einstein Papers, Christ Church, Oxford.

  Dear Dean, I was amazed 24 Oct. 1931, in Einstein Papers, Christ Church, Oxford.

  I think that in electing Einstein 24 Oct. 1931, in Einstein Papers, Christ Church, Oxford.

  a German who has no connection 2 Nov. 1931, in Einstein Papers, Christ Church, Oxford.

  The world at large Financial Times, 2 Feb. 2008.

  SIX | THE REALITY OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF REALITY

  Experience can of course guide ‘On the Method of Theoretical Physics’, in Kent: 17.

  Jews as a race Jewish Chronicle, 20 May 1932.

  The gate at Christ Church is locked Margaret Deneke, ‘Professor Albert Einstein’: 14, in Deneke Papers, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

  when we clean house Clark: 543.

  I am convinced that a military regime Frank: 273.

  Before you leave our villa Ibid.

  As long as I have any choice New York World-Telegram, 10 Mar. 1933.

  The raid Clark: 562.

  The concierge of the German embassy Rowe: 236.

  atrocity propaganda Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 14 Apr. 1933.

  Even though in political matters Fölsing: 662.

  But now the war of extermination Ibid.: 664.

  Two ideologies Ibid.

  The hours which I was permitted to spend Ibid.: 729.

  in order to maintain public security and order Grundmann: 297.

  Highly Esteemed Professor Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 50–804.

  despatched their children to Nazi Germany Boyd: 371.

  My first recollection of Herr Hitler Daily Mirror, 30 Sept. 1930.

  true ‘Blue shirts and blitzkrieg? It’s just not cricket’, The Times, 18 Mar. 2010.

  token of his esteem Winterbotham: 35.

  in more than nickname Time, 6 July 1931.

  a Jew and a Communist Obituary of Locker-Lampson in New York Times, 9 Oct. 1954.

  I am sitting here in my very pleasant exile 1 May 1933, in Cherwell Papers, file D57, Nuffield College, Oxford.

  there was not much prospect 4 May 1933, in Cherwell Papers, file D57, Nuffield College, Oxford.

  one room 7 May 1933, in Cherwell Papers, file D57, Nuffield College, Oxford.

  You are not a father yourself 9 May 1933, in Cherwell Papers, file D57, Nuffield College, Oxford.

  There is no written evidence Fölsing: 673.

  You know, I think, that I have never had Born and Einstein: 111–12.

  a poor forlorn little figure Clark: 582.

  The sanctuary from personal turmoil Introduction to Janssen and Lehner, eds: 20.

  a reckless overestimation Fölsing: 561.

  perhaps the clearest and most revealing Pais, Einstein Lived Here: 55.

  from the chains of the ‘merely personal’ Schilpp, ed.: 5.

  Strenuous intellectual work Letter to Pauline Winteler, ? May 1897, in Einstein, CPAE, vol. 1, doc. 34: 33.

  I believe with Schopenhauer Einstein, Ideas and Opinions: 225.
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br />   I wish to preface what I have to say ‘On the Method of Theoretical Physics’, in Kent: 12.

  If you wish to learn Ibid.

  But this is the common fate Ibid.: 13.

  We honour ancient Greece Ibid.

  Pure logical thinking Ibid.: 13–14.

  the first creator . . . as the ancients dreamed Ibid.: 15–17.

  I still believe in the possibility Ibid.: 19.

  As far as the laws of mathematics refer Einstein, The Ultimate Quotable Einstein: 371.

  It was not until several decades later . . . a unified theory of gravity and electromagnetism. Farmelo: 77–8. The comment by Jeroen van Dongen was made in a personal communication to Farmelo in 2017.

  after having ruefully returned Einstein, Ideas and Opinions: 289–90.

  Professor Einstein is of all living philosophers Manchester Guardian, 21 June 1933.

  SEVEN | ON THE RUN

  Through your well-organised work Einstein, ‘Science and Civilisation’, in [Albert Hall]: 5. This souvenir booklet, Royal Albert Hall: Tuesday October 3rd 1933, reproduces all of the speeches at the meeting. No publisher is given; the booklet was presumably produced by Oliver Locker-Lampson.

  rebirth of Germany Siemens: 124–5.

  Murder stalks through Germany World Committee for the Victims of German Fascism, The Brown Book of the Hitler Terror: 312.

  a little sprawling Jew Ibid.: 236–7.

  Discovered a much-contested theory Clark: 572–3.

  a bird fascinated by a serpent Vallentin: 161.

  We get as many angry letters Ibid.: 162.

  My husband has not allowed himself Ibid.: 160.

  I need hardly tell you 31 Mar. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 51–222.

  I now have more professorial chairs Clark: 574.

  There is no need for us to provoke Daily Express, 19 Apr. 1933.

  Spain’s offer to Einstein Jewish Chronicle, 21 Apr. 1933.

  on a fortunate symbiosis Letter to the editor from Paul S. Riebenfeld, New York Times, 1 Nov. 1987.

  There is his place New York Times, 30 June 1933.

  He answered emphatically Jewish Chronicle, 28 Apr. 1933.

  It is completely clear to me Rosenkranz, Einstein before Israel: 230.

  Someone has seen Einstein Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 123–402.

  a friend . . . [who] has seen Professor Einstein abroad Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 121–788.

  I am going to England tomorrow to speak Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 49–566.

  He is an eminently wise man ?22 July 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 143–250.

  Person of the Century See Larres, ‘Churchill and Einstein: Overlapping Mindsets’, https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/churchill-einstein-overlapping-mindsets/ (accessed 7 Nov. 2018).

  As soon as Hitler took power Snow: 81.

  L. G. was no scientist Lloyd George: 227.

  That leave be given to bring in a bill ‘House of Commons Debates’, 26 Jul. 1933, Hansard, 280: 2604–6.

  Commander Locker-Lampson showed himself The Sunday Times, 30 July 1933.

  As a people we are not supposed Manchester Guardian, 27 July 1933.

  Members eagerly came forward Jewish Chronicle, 28 July 1933.

  Einsteinish Jewish Theatre Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 31 July 1933.

  I cannot believe that such a thing Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 75–513.

  I love this country Daily Telegraph, 28 July 1933.

  In the heart of Europe lies a power Nathan and Norden, eds: 229.

  I am sure you will not take it amiss Ibid.: 230–1.

  Under circumstances such as prevailed Ibid.: 231.

  It is the National Socialist leaders World Committee for the Victims of German Fascism, The Brown Book of the Hitler Terror: 195.

  is enough to make Hitler’s Germany Ibid.: 162.

  anxious that the book should be published Miles: 96.

  They shall not force me to do that Daily Express, 12 Sept. 1933.

  I was not responsible for the Brown Book The Times, 11 Sept. 1933.

  proved to be the author of the book Jewish Chronicle, 8 Dec. 1933.

  Belgium was dangerously near Germany Vallentin: 167.

  Why do you assume Frank: 292.

  All sorts of unpleasant surprises Ibid.: 293.

  At the very moment of my arrival Vallentin: 168.

  Professor Lazarus Letter to the editor from Lessing, Manchester Guardian, 26 May 1933.

  Locker-Lampson liked to pretend Personal communication to author from Stuart McLaren, 5 July 2017.

  near Cromer Daily Express, 12 Sept. 1933.

  I am going to the countryside 10 Sept. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 143–260.

  Morning, Master Colman Snelling: 6.

  He was a rich man’s pig of a son Ibid.: 7.

  L.L. is wonderful ? Sept. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 143–643.

  I live here like a hermit ? Sept. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 143–259.

  admirable solitude 24 Sept. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 75–960.

  He would walk across the heath Eastern Daily Press, 22 Mar. 1979.

  First we were confronted by Clark: 609.

  A suspicious-looking cow Daily Express, 29 Sept. 1933.

  Einstein appeared dressed Epstein: 77–8.

  Like other intellectuals Manchester Guardian, 16 Sept. 1933.

  carefully leaked Clark: 609.

  members of the League of Gentiles Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 4 Oct. 1933.

  I hereby undertake not to create any disturbance Clark: 610.

  It is now permissible to disclose Daily Express, 5 Oct. 1933.

  at once dramatic and homely Manchester Guardian, 4 Oct. 1933.

  I had never seen him before Notes by William Beveridge for his BBC talk, ‘Professor Albert Einstein at the Albert Hall’, 3 Oct. 1933, in Beveridge Papers, file 9A/45/4, London School of Economics.

  The saving of these refugee students ‘Lord Rutherford’ in [Albert Hall]: 2. This souvenir booklet, Royal Albert Hall: Tuesday October 3rd 1933, reproduces all of the speeches at the meeting. No publisher is given; the booklet was presumably produced by Oliver Locker-Lampson.

  as unconcernedly as if lecturing New York Times, 4 Oct. 1933.

  It cannot be my task today ‘Professor Einstein’ in [Albert Hall]: 5. See film of Einstein talking at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBage5Ff57E (accessed 7 Nov. 2018)

  I lived in solitude in the country Ibid.: 6.

  In these difficult times Clark: 613.

  imaginative proposal Hoare: 240.

  Stormy weather Daily Express, 6 Oct. 1933.

  For him loneliness Infeld: 284.

  Einstein expressed over and over again Born and Einstein: 107–8.

  I heard that you called me 5 Oct. 1933, in Cherwell Papers, file D57, Nuffield College, Oxford.

  Locker-Lampson frightened Einstein Clark: 613.

  Mr Sieff Cooper: 78.

  An amicable settlement Ibid.: 80.

  I am going to visit Princeton University Manchester Guardian, 9 Oct. 1933.

  EIGHT | I VILL A LITTLE T’INK

  Science is not and never will be Einstein and Infeld: 308.

  hardly justifiable 21 Nov. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 16-383.

  On the other hand, we should be very sorry 6 Dec. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 16-384.

  I have voiced my opinion 17 Dec. 1933, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 16-382.

  I need scarcely tell you 9 May 1934, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 78–555.

  because if I come to Oxford 22 Jan. 1935, in Einstein Archives, Jerusalem: 16-388.

  Sometimes I think back nostalgically 16 Feb. 1935, in Fölsing: 686.

  He had gone through the ritual Dyson: 14.

  the greatest living person New York Times, 28 Nov. 1939.

  Generations to come Einstein, The Ultimate Quotable Einstein: 124.

  Whenever
we came to an impasse Whitrow: 75. A shorter version of the anecdote appears in Hoffmann and Dukas: 231.

  The clue to the understanding Infeld: 274.

  I never thought of that! Rhodes: 305.

  This new phenomenon Rosenkranz, The Einstein Scrapbook: 74.

  Very few of the younger generation Infeld: 276.

  It is true that this equation Pais, Einstein Lived Here: 229.

  With his death, we, my wife and I Born and Einstein: 229.

  many of his scientific concerns Ibid.: xiii.

  Einstein’s greatest contribution to relativity Ibid.: xx.

  Both men were brilliant Ibid.: xxxiii.

  I am extremely delighted Ibid.: 125.

  He has been so upset by my illness Vallentin: 175.

  The incidental way in which Einstein Born and Einstein: 127.

  What I most admired in [Michele] Letter to Vera and Bice Besso, 21 Mar. 1955, in Pais, Einstein Lived Here: 25.

  I did share your opinion Born and Einstein: 182.

  The Germans, however Ibid.: 185.

  to the land of the mass-murderers Ibid.: 195.

  I only want to tell you Ibid.: 200.

  Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the one hand Ibid.: 201.

  You are wrong in casting aspersions Ibid.: 200.

  Without wishing to defend Ibid.: 134.

  I was very sad when the Jews started Ibid.: 174.

  Your Palestine letter has moved me Ibid.: 174–5.

  I cannot make a case for my attitude to physics Ibid.: 155.

  He saw in the quantum mechanics of today Ibid.: 199.

  I am convinced that ideas Greenspan: 302.

  I personally feel very happy here Born and Einstein: 122.

  One feels as if one were an Ichthyosaurus Ibid.: 188.

  What have you got against being an Ichthyosaurus? Ibid.: 190.

  You are surprised, aren’t you Frank: 356.

  Actually, Einstein was not isolated Born and Einstein: xiii.

  He always has a certain feeling Frank: 354.

  The greatest men of science Infeld: 310–11.

  This was a splendid idea Ibid.: 312.

  Once a work is finished Ibid.: 318.

  man who worked with Einstein Ibid.: 320.

  Oj weh Pais, Einstein Lived Here: 219.

  Americans are proud Jerome: 218.

  No other man contributed New York Times, 19 Apr. 1955.

  We must realise we cannot simultaneously New York Times, 23 June 1946.

  The war is won, but the peace is not Einstein, Ideas and Opinions: 115–17.