Word: einstein
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...extending its hospitality to Professor Albert Einstein today the University is welcoming a man who is no less to be congratulated upon his moral courage than upon his moral courage than upon the high order of his scientific achievements. For it will be remembered that when in the early days of the war the famous "Manifesto" of German "intellectuals" justifying Germany's stand in the World War was first issued, Professor Einstein not only refused to sign but actively opposed the "Manifesto". By doing so he involved himself with the authorities of the Imperial government and provoked the opposition...
Professor Einstein himself admits that the "theory of relativity" for which he is most famous has not yet been definitely proved. Indeed, he has merely pointed out the fact that rays of light are deflected from a straight line by the gravitational field of the sun, a fact which can not be explained by the existing scientific laws, and which Einstein can explain only by a very intricate mathematical formula...
President Lowell and Professor Theodore Lyman '97, Director of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, will head the committee, composed of various Professors from the different Departments of Science, which will meet Dr. Einstein on his arrival in Cambridge and conduct him about the more important buildings of the University...
...visit to the University will be a part of Dr. Einstein's itinerary for his two-day visit to Boston, during which he will also be entertained by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
...Einstein only lectures in German, it was decided by the authorities of the University and the Governing Board of the Union that to give the University the chance to meet the distinguished scientist at an informal reception of this character were more satisfactory than attempting an address through an interpreter...