The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 11: Cumulative Index, Bibliography, List of Correspondence, Chronology, and Errata to Volumes 1-10

For a team indexing project, the consistency of the indexing is excellent. The volumes are multidisciplinary, calling on a wide knowledge of subject matter, all of which was handled with considerable skill. The editorial team is to be congratulated on producing outstanding indexes to such a complex work. (Jill Halliday, Society of Indexers Writers News )

This index volume provides quick access to the most authoritative compilation of documents and information concerning Einstein's work and correspondence for the first half of his life. It offers readers a Cumulative Index to the first ten volumes of the collected papers, the first complete bibliography of Einstein's scientific and nonscientific writings until 1921, and a succinct biographical time line. This volume is an invaluable research tool for delving into Einstein's written legacy; his interactions with colleagues, institutions, friends, and family; and his scientific, political, educational, and social activities.

Volume 11 presents three important and unique bibliographies: the List of Writings, 1891-1921; the Einstein Bibliography, 1901-1921; and a Cumulative Bibliography and Index of Citations for Volumes 1-10. The List of Writings includes all of Einstein's manuscripts that remained unpublished by 1921, while the Einstein Bibliography includes documents that were republished during this period. The Cumulative Bibliography and Index of Citations lists all literature written by authors cited in at least one of the first ten volumes of the series.

This volume also contains two complete lists of Einstein's correspondence up through 1920, and a Chronology of Einstein's life for the years 1879-1921. The first list presents the correspondence in chronological order, while the second list presents the correspondence in alphabetical order by correspondent.

The indexes and bibliographies implicitly correct inconsistencies and errata across the different volumes. Other corrections are explicitly collected in a List of Errata for the first ten volumes of the series.

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Compiled by A. J. Kox, Tilman Sauer, Diana Kormos Buchwald, Rudy Hirschmann, Osik Moses, Benjamin Aronin & Jennifer Stolper

Hardcover: 664 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; 1 edition (February 17, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691141878
ISBN-13: 978-0691141879

INTRODUCTION
This volume presents cumulative indexes and cumulative editorial apparatus for the first ten volumes of the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (CPAE).

After the publication in 1987 of Volume 1, The Early Years, which contained various documents, writings, and correspondence covering the first twenty-three years of Einstein’s life, the CPAE volumes chart three main chronological periods: the Swiss years; the Berlin years; and the Princeton years.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) spent his childhood and adolescence in southern Germany. In 1896 he moved to Switzerland, where he attended the Swiss Polytechnic Institute (ETH), completed his doctorate, and worked, with a brief interlude in 1911–1912 as professor at the German University in Prague, until 1914, when he moved to Berlin as a permanent member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and professor at the University of Berlin. In 1933, Einstein emigrated to the United States, where he spent the last twenty-two years of his life as a faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

To date, an additional nine volumes covering the years 1903–1921 have been published, both in the original language “documentary edition,” and in the English-language “translation edition.” These subsequent volumes are divided into separate Writings and Correspondence volumes. Thus, Volumes 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 contain Einstein’s Writings until and including the year 1921, while Volumes 5, 8, 9, and 10 contain his Correspondence until and including the year 1920. In a total of more than 7500 printed pages, the first ten volumes of the series present 256 items of Writings as full text, and 2837 items of Correspondence, either as full text or in abstract. ...

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