He devoted the last 30 years of his life to this study. The Unified Theory was Einstein's attempt to unify the forces of nature into one, single theory. The new collection contains a hand-written appendix to Einstein's article on Unified Theory which has not been seen since 1930. They also depict him as a concerned father living in the wake of Nazi Germany. The manuscripts, which have never been published or viewed by the public, offer new insight into the inner workings of Einstein's mathematical mind. Einstein was one of the founding fathers of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is considered the most influential physicist to have ever lived. More than 110 new manuscripts are now on display in Jerusalem at Hebrew University to mark the 140th anniversary of Einstein's birth.
ALBERT EINSTEIN MANUSCRIPTS CRACKED
“So the most valuable thing would be scientific.” A letter Einstein wrote to his mother went for $6,000.Įditor’s note: Benyamin Cohen is working on a book about the modern relevance of Einstein, to be published Fall 2023, and helps run the official social media accounts of the world’s favorite genius.JERUSALEM, Israel - Israel's Hebrew University cracked open its archive on Albert Einstein to reveal never-before-seen hand-written notes and letters penned by the famed Nobel Prize Winner. “There’s an order of value for things related to Einstein,” he said. John Reznikoff of University Archives in Connecticut has sold many Einstein-related items – including a wax mold of the genius’s head, which Einstein autographed. An autographed copy of the iconic photo of Einstein sticking his tongue out sold for $125,000 at auction. In 2016, a letter that Einstein wrote to his son was auctioned for around $100,000. In 2015, a batch of Einstein’s letters fetched $420,000 at auction. Sixty-six years after his death, Einstein memorabilia continues to flood the marketplace. “A tremendous degree of antisemitism exists here, especially in academia (though also in industry and banking),” Einstein wrote, according to the English translation. In Israel, the Kedem Auction House was selling a letter in which Einstein warned of antisemitism he saw at universities in the U.S. Indeed, the Christie’s auction was not the only Einstein auction today. “If anything, the interest in Einstein increases with time.” “The interest in Einstein does not fade into history,” Gutfreund said. The archives are home to 82,000 documents that belonged to Einstein, but others – like this manuscript, which ended up in the hands of Einstein’s friend and fellow physicist, Michele Besso – are often sold to collectors. Hanoch Gutfreund, head of the Albert Einstein Archives at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a school the Nobel Prize physicist helped establish. “It was one of the most important documents on Einstein’s road to general relativity,” said Dr. It was sold in 2017 for $1.5 million.Ĭhristie’s has not yet revealed the buyer of the manuscript. Prior to Tuesday, that record had been held by a note that Einstein wrote on the back of a napkin and gave to a Japanese bellhop. The sale broke a record for the largest amount ever paid for a piece of Einstein memorabilia. The documents were expected to sell for $3 million, but many in the room seemed surprised when the bidding went on for more than 15 minutes.
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A rare 54-page manuscript with Albert Einstein’s early scribblings on the general theory of relativity sold for $11.4 million at Christie’s auction house in Paris on Tuesday.
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