1933
Permanent Move to Princeton
Settles in the United States after the Nazi rise to power and joins the Institute for Advanced Study.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Princeton in Switzerland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Settles in the United States after the Nazi rise to power and joins the Institute for Advanced Study.
Publishes reflections on how fundamental theoretical physics develops from principles and mathematical structure.
With Nathan Rosen, studies bridge solutions in general relativity connecting two sheets of spacetime.
Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen publish their argument that quantum mechanics may not provide a complete description of physical reality.
Publishes a calculation showing how a foreground star can gravitationally lens light from a background star.
Works with Leopold Infeld and Banesh Hoffmann on deriving equations of motion from general relativity.
Einstein and Rosen publish a corrected paper showing cylindrical gravitational-wave solutions.
Publishes work deriving approximate equations of motion for gravitating bodies from general relativity.
Publishes The Evolution of Physics with Leopold Infeld for a broad readership.
Writes again to President Roosevelt urging stronger attention to uranium research developments.
Sends another letter to Roosevelt concerning the need for effective action on uranium research.
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