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Solvay, Ernest,
168

Solvay Conference (1911),
168
–71,
178
,
321

Solvay Conference (1921),
289
–90,
291

Solvay Conference (1927),
336,
344
–48,
450
,
452
,
453
,
514
,
538
,
609
n

Solvay Conference (1930),
348
–49,
450
,
452
,
453
,
514
,
538

Sommerfeld, Arnold,
142
,
193
,
234
,
287
,
593
n
,
594
n

Sommerfeld-Einstein quantum law,
234

Sophocles,
81

sound waves,
92
,
109
–10,
119
,
224
,
299

Soviet Union,
379
–80,
420
–21,
446
–47,
478
,
489
–90,
494
–503,
504
,
524
–25,
526
,
633
n

space, spacetime:

absolute,
2
,
37
,
84
,
111
,
125
,
128
,
169
,
200
,
223
,
266
,
277
,
333
,
460

curved,
3
–4,
5
,
83
,
192
,
193
–96,
220
,
250
–62,
266
,
341
,
464
,
548

as emptiness (void),
97
,
99
,
111
n
,
114
,
157
,
319
–20

five-dimensional,
337
–38

four-dimensional,
4
,
132
,
324
,
338
,
369

in quantum mechanics,
348
–49,
450
,
453
,
455
,
461
–62

relativity and,
93
,
125
,
128
,
131
–35,
140
,
169
,
192
,
193
–96,
200
,
218
,
220
,
223
,
250
–62,
265
–66,
277
,
278
,
296
,
318
,
319
,
333
,
510
–11,
548

three-dimensional,
252
–53,
296
,
339

two-dimensional,
4
,
252
–54,
296

in unified field theory,
337
–38,
341
,
512

Spanish Civil War,
478
,
490

spectrum, light,
93
,
322
,
331

Spinoza, Baruch,
81
,
84
,
334
–35,
387
,
388
–89,
391

Spinoza Society,
391

spiral nebulae,
254
,
355

spiritualism,
374

spontaneous motion,
69
–70

“spooky action at a distance,”
448
–53,
454
,
458

Stachel, John,
75n,
136
,
196

Stalin, Joseph,
380
,
399
,
446
–47,
526

Star Trek,
251

State Department, U.S.,
399
–401,
472
–73,
500

statistical mechanics,
2
,
67
–70,
98
,
99
,
101
,
103
–6,
167
,
255
,
327
–29,
333
,
341
,
345
,
347
–48,
629
n

Stern, Max,
150

Stern, Otto,
407
,
482
–83,
484

Stevenson, Adlai,
532
–33

Stimson, Henry,
401

Stone, Douglas,
328
,
609
n
Stossel, Ludwig,
493

Strassman, Fritz,
469

Straus, Ernst,
466
–67,
508

Strauss, Lewis,
531
,
532
,
534

Strauss, Richard,
38

Stravinsky, Igor,
3
,
280

Stringfellow, George,
528
–29

string theory,
339

Struck, Hermann,
362
–63

Study Group of German Scientists for the Preservation of a Pure Science,
284
–85

Sudoplatov, Pavel,
503

sugar solutions,
102

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays,
487
,
631
n

sum-over-histories approach,
515

Sunday Express,
422

Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS),
613

superposition,
456
–60

surface tension,
57

“SwabianTale” (Uhland),
53
n

Swing, Raymond Gram,
489
,
497
–98

Swiss Patent Office,
1
,
3
,
36
,
62
–63,
72
,
74
,
76
,
77
–79,
84
,
85
–86,
89
,
90,
92
–93,
113
,
122
,
126
,
128
,
137
–38,
140
,
141
,
142
–43,
149
,
150
,
151
,
154
–55,
159
,
250
,
255
,
266
,
424
,
444
,
517
,
551

synthetic propositions,
82
–83

Szilárd, Leo,
407
,
471
–76,
471,
480
,
484
,
485
,
490
,
491
,
492
–93,
629
n
–30
n

Talmud,
386

Talmud (Talmey), Max,
18
,
19
–20,
23
,
82
,
294
–95

Tanner, Hans,
159
,
160
–62

Taurus,
257

Teller, Edward,
407
,
473
,
476
,
480
,
500
,
531
,
534
,
629
n

temperature,
105
–6,
165

Theorie Physique, La
(Duhem),
158

thörmodynamics,
69
–70,
98
,
105
–6,
141
–42,
576
n

Thomas, Norman,
375
,
504

ThomsonJ. J.,
261
,
279
,
321

Thorne, Kip,
133
,
222
,
251

thought experiments
(Gedankenexperiment)
’,
2
,
3
–4,
5
,
26
–27,
78
,
79
,
114
,
121
,
122
–27,
138
,
142
,
145
–46,
147
,
190
,
201
,
267
,
322
,
345
–46,
348
–49,
448
–60,
468
,
512
,
514
,
583
n

Tiger (Einstein’s cat),
438

time:

absolute,
2
,
37
,
82
,
84
,
124
–25,
128
,
169
,
223
,
266
,
277
,
288
,
333
,
460

duration of,
130
–32

as fourth dimension,
132

local,
134

in relativity theory,
93
,
113
,
122
,
123
–27,
128
,
130
–35,
140
,
148
,
169
,
223
,
250
,
251
,
266
,
277
,
318
,
333
,
349
,
510
–11,
581
n
–82
n

travel in,
511

Time,
342
,
369
,
430
,
485
,
624
n
,
633
n

Time Machine, The
(Wells),
132

Times
(London),
263
–64,
267
,
273
,
281
,
421

Tinef
(Einstein’s sailboat),
435
,
472
,
479

Today with Mrs. Roosevelt,
501

Treatise of Human Nature, A
(Hume),
81
,
82

Trotsky, Leon,
446
–47

Truman, Harry S.,
484
,
491
,
492
,
493
,
500
,
504
,
507
,
525
–26

Tummler
(Einstein’s sailboat),
360

twin paradox,
130

Uhland, Ludwig,
53
n
ultraviolet light,
65
,
111

Ulysses (
Joyce),
280

uncertainty principle,
124
,
331
–33,
349
,
449
,
452
–53,
510

unified field theory,
336
–44

affine connection in,
339
,
344

bivector fields in,
512

complexity of,
339
–44

distant parallelism in,
341
,
343
–44

Einstein’s formulation of,
4
,
13
–14,
67
,
316
,
320
,
336
–44,
350
–53,
358
,
368
,
371
,
410
,
423
,
466
–69,
508
–9,
511
–14,
537
–39,
542
,
543

electromagnetism in,
338
–41,
466
,
512
–13

experimental verification of,
351
,
352

gravitation in,
338
–41,
385
,
466
,
511
,
512
–13,
538

Kaluza-Klein formulation for,
337
–39

mathematical approach of,
67
,
337
–44,
351
–52,
358
,
363
,
368
,
423
,
466
–67,
511
–14,
538
–39,
542
,
543
,
591
n

metric tensors in,
340
–41,
512
–13

non-symmetric tensors in,
512
–13

papers published on,
338
,
339
–44,
357
,
363
,
513

physical reality of,
337
–38,
340
,
342
,
343–44,
511
–12,
513
,
537
–39

press coverage of,
339
–44,
467
,
468
,
513

quantum mechanics vs.,
4
,
315
–16,
320
–21,
336
–38,
340
,
341
,
349
,
453
,
468
–69,
538

relativity and,
336
–38

scientific validity of,
316
,
343
–44,
511
–14,
537
–39,
628
n
–29
n

spacetime in,
337
–38,
341
,
512

for subatomic particles,
463
–64,
512
,
538

unified concept of,
3
,
4
,
13
–14,
67
,
70
–71,
148
,
342
,
550

Union Theological Seminary,
390
–91

“uniqueness” argument,
213

United Jewish Appeal,
445

United Nations,
489
,
496

Universal Studios,
374

universe:

alternative histories of,
459
–60

Big Bang theory of,
355

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