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EINSTEIN, Albert. Four autograph letters signed ('Albert') to Mileva Einstein-Maric, Berlin, Caputh and n.p., 4 July 1929 and n.d., one on verso of paper with , 4½ pages, 4to, one letter on verso of paper with printed heading of Albert Einstein (occasional very light soiling).
Doubts as to his work on the Unified Field Theory, and discussions as to Eduard's education and the fate of the Nobel prize money. In the letter of 4.7.1929 Einstein complains that he is 'working hard, but an evil spirit is leading me around in circles, so I do not know whether my new theory of electricity is valid or not'. He reports in the same letter that a rich benefactor has given him a sailing boat for his fiftieth birthday, and discusses the mortgage on the Zurich house; he urges too that Eduard should be given his independence, in order to get to know the world. Two undated letters encourage Mileva in buying another house ('I'm pleased to hear that you are pregnant with another house'). A long undated letter gives further thought to the advantages of property as against foreign investment, and reports that he is about to go to England to receive an honorary doctorate from Cambridge, and give a lecture in Nottingham. A postscript discusses Eduard's character - 'I see in him a true inner affinity' - and again expresses concern about his unworldliness.
Einstein's letters for this period show a growing concern as to the unstable character of his younger son, who was showing the first signs of the mental illness which was to lead to his breakdown in 1932. (4)
Doubts as to his work on the Unified Field Theory, and discussions as to Eduard's education and the fate of the Nobel prize money. In the letter of 4.7.1929 Einstein complains that he is 'working hard, but an evil spirit is leading me around in circles, so I do not know whether my new theory of electricity is valid or not'. He reports in the same letter that a rich benefactor has given him a sailing boat for his fiftieth birthday, and discusses the mortgage on the Zurich house; he urges too that Eduard should be given his independence, in order to get to know the world. Two undated letters encourage Mileva in buying another house ('I'm pleased to hear that you are pregnant with another house'). A long undated letter gives further thought to the advantages of property as against foreign investment, and reports that he is about to go to England to receive an honorary doctorate from Cambridge, and give a lecture in Nottingham. A postscript discusses Eduard's character - 'I see in him a true inner affinity' - and again expresses concern about his unworldliness.
Einstein's letters for this period show a growing concern as to the unstable character of his younger son, who was showing the first signs of the mental illness which was to lead to his breakdown in 1932. (4)
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