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EINSTEIN, Albert. Autograph letter signed ('Papa') to his sons Hans Albert and Eduard ('Liebe Kinder'), n.p., 23 February 1924, 1½ pages, 4to (3 lines underlined in red pencil).
The Nobel prize and Unified Field Theory. 'At last the tiresome Nobel prize business ('die leidige Nobelpris-Angelegenheit'), about which I was so annoyed, is in order'; he recommends an investment in property 'in these uncertain times', although if nothing suitable can be found he will invest the money in the United States. At the beginning of April he is off to Naples for an international philosophical congress, but intends in future to reduce such engagements: 'I'm up to my ears with work on a big new theory. Hopefully something will come of it. I'm pretty satisfied with it, and am turning down all invitations to the various little countries ('Pfefferländer') where I'm supposed to be preaching about Relativity'. He encourages the boys in their studies, and recommends especially that Hans Albert should apply himself to English. A postscript sends regards to Mileva: 'Now that she's happy, I would like to bury the hatchet'.
At this period Einstein had plunged into a new stage of work on his holy grail, the Unified Field Theory, and succeeding letters make repeated references to the successes and failures of the quest.
The Nobel prize and Unified Field Theory. 'At last the tiresome Nobel prize business ('die leidige Nobelpris-Angelegenheit'), about which I was so annoyed, is in order'; he recommends an investment in property 'in these uncertain times', although if nothing suitable can be found he will invest the money in the United States. At the beginning of April he is off to Naples for an international philosophical congress, but intends in future to reduce such engagements: 'I'm up to my ears with work on a big new theory. Hopefully something will come of it. I'm pretty satisfied with it, and am turning down all invitations to the various little countries ('Pfefferländer') where I'm supposed to be preaching about Relativity'. He encourages the boys in their studies, and recommends especially that Hans Albert should apply himself to English. A postscript sends regards to Mileva: 'Now that she's happy, I would like to bury the hatchet'.
At this period Einstein had plunged into a new stage of work on his holy grail, the Unified Field Theory, and succeeding letters make repeated references to the successes and failures of the quest.
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