most citedAlbert Einstein and the Fizeau 1851 Water Tube Experiment

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physics.hist-ph20121 cited

The Einstein-Nordström Theory

Galina Weinstein

The Finnish physicist Gunnar Nordström developed a competing theory of gravitation to Einstein's 1912-1913 gravitation theory. The equivalence principle was valid in his theory and…

physics.hist-ph20123 cited

Variation of Mass with Velocity: "Kugeltheorie" or "Relativtheorie"

Galina Weinstein

This paper deals with four topics: The first subject is Abraham's spherical electron, Lorentz's contracted electron and Bücherer's electron. The second topic is Einstein's 1905 rel…

physics.hist-ph2012

Biographies of Albert Einstein -- Mastermind of Theoretical Physics

Galina Weinstein

Over the years many have written biographies of Einstein. They all based their biographies on primary sources, archival material: memories and letters of people who were in contact…

physics.hist-ph2012

Albert Einstein: Rebellious Wunderkind

Galina Weinstein

Childhood and Schooldays: Albert Einstein, and the family members seemed to have exaggerated the story of Albert who developed slowly, learned to talk late, and whose parents thoug…

physics.hist-ph2012

Albert Einstein at the Zürich Polytechnic: a rare mastery of Maxwell's electromagnetic theory

Galina Weinstein

Einstein at the Zürich Polytechnic: he skipped classes, did not attend all the lectures of his Professors, and before going to the examinations he studied instead from the notebook…

physics.hist-ph2012

Albert Einstein's close friends and colleagues from the Patent Office

Galina Weinstein

In the Patent Office Einstein hatched his most beautiful ideas, and there he spent his "Happy Bern Years". These wonderful ideas led to his miraculous year works of 1905. Einstein…