Letter from Albert Einstein to Rukeyser, Sep. 12, 1942

Title

eng Letter from Albert Einstein to Rukeyser, Sep. 12, 1942

Description

eng A photocopy of a typewritten two-page letter, dated September 12th, 1942. The letter is from Albert Einstein to Muriel Rukeyser. The background information on this letter is that Muriel Rukeyser had asked Albert Einstein to write a foreword to her biography of the theoretical scientist Willard Gibbs. Rukeyser asked Einstein to “lend his name to her effort to make Gibbs known to a time that needed the story of his achievement." Without reading Rukeyser’s book, Einstein refused, saying that “In my view, there is but one way to bring a great scientist to the attention of the larger public: it is to discuss and explain, in language which will be generally understood, the problems and solutions which have characterized his life-work. This can only be done by someone who has a fundamental grasp of the material.” Kertesz found this letter during her research in the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library. Page 2 of 2.

Identifier

eng 018_LK_01_10_002.jpg

Creator

eng Albert Einstein

Date Created

eng September 12th, 1943

Medium

eng Photograph

Subject

eng Albert Einstein, Muriel Rukeyser, Female Poets, Correspondence, Photography

Is Part Of

eng 018.LK, Louise Kertesz papers

Contributor

eng Andrew Schick