Letters to Solovine, 1906–1955 by Einstein Albert

Author:Einstein, Albert [Einstein, Albert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science, Philosophy, Politics
ISBN: 9781453204887
Amazon: 1453204881
Goodreads: 12788563
Publisher: Philosophical Library/Open Road
Published: 1987-03-01T08:00:00+00:00

Nassau Point, Peconic

Long Island, N.Y.

June 27, 1938

I believe it would be to your advantage to exchange places with your mother. The German translation was made by an irksome colleague who owes our approval, alas, to pity. You should therefore concentrate your efforts, as you yourself suggest, on the English text.

In the English edition there is unfortunately, with respect to developments concerning the propagation of light, a misstatement of fact as to the time of the setting of the sun. I simply can not understand how my colleague, who can usually be relied on, could have written that or how I could have let it pass. The passage states that at the instant a sunset is observed, the setting has actually occurred six minutes earlier. This mistake springs from a geocentric description from the point of view of a system of coordinates that rotate with the earth. Unfortunately, I cannot find the passage, but you will certainly come across it. Thus I cannot say at the moment whether the sentence should be deleted or replaced by another. You may leave out the curricula: you need not send me the proofs; I have full confidence in you intelligence.

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