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Re: Why haven't we had another scientific revolution in physics yet? Hasn't it been long enough since general relativity and quantum mechanics? - Quora

From	Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: Why haven't we had another scientific revolution in physics yet? Hasn't it been long enough since general relativity and quantum mechanics? - Quora
Date	2018-08-11 15:39 +0200
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Am 09.08.2018 um 20:45 schrieb Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
> Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog wrote:
>> On Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 2:04:36 PM UTC-5, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> His former classmate, and good friend, and then also
>>> colleague there Michele Besso, agreed to do most if not all of Einstein’s
>>> Patent Office work
>>
>> What is your source for that?
> 
> As I indicated, in part the historically very accurate first season of the
> National Geographic Channel series “Genius”.  I do not know their sources,
> but it is well known (among Einstein biographers) that Besso was Einstein’s
> best friend and they supported each other in multiple ways.
> 
> Consider:
> 
> - Unbeknownst to both of them (at first), by business relations the Einstein
>    and Besso families knew each other.
> 
> - Einstein studied for Physics and Mathematics teacher at the Zürich
>    Polytechnic when Besso studied engineering there.  (This is where they
>    met.)
> 
> - Besso must have met his future wife, Anna Besso née Winteler, when
>    visiting Einstein who lived with the Winteler family in Aarau (by
>    recommendation of Einstein’s father), where formerly he did his Matura
>    (A exam) because he failed the first entrance exam to the Zurich
>    Polytechnic. [Marie Winteler, one of the other daughters of the family,
>    was Einstein’s first love.  He ended the relationship when he got involved
>    with Mileva Marić in Zürich, who due to her scientific background was
>    closer to him.  Later letters of Einstein to Marie Winteler show that he
>    regretted that decision as early as 1910.  See below.]
> 
> - Einstein denounced his original Prussian citizenship in 1901 to avoid
>    military service, and later became a Swiss citizen.  He was basically
>    a foreigner and did not know many people in Switzerland.  Some of those
>    whom he got to know and who could have helped his career otherwise, for
>    example Prof. Heinrich Friedrich Weber at the Polytechnic, he annoyed by
>    his direct manner and open challenging all authority.  


Einstein was not a citizen of Prussia, since the name of the country he 
was born in was 'Deutsches Reich' (German Empire).

This nation was founded in 1871 from several smaller countries, among 
them Prussia.

So, when Einstein was born there was no country called 'Prussia' any more.

Second reason: the town 'Ulm' was never a part of Prussia, but belonged 
to the country called 'Kingdom of Würtemberg'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg

Third reason: apparently Einstein had both citizenships (Swiss and German).

I'm not really certain about that, but Einstein worked in Berlin as 
professor and head of the Berlin 'Kaiser Wilhelm Institut', for what 
German citizenship was mandatory.

Fourth problem:

there was no war in sight in 1901, neither in Germany nor in 
Switzerland, but military training was mandatory in both countries 
('Wehrpflicht').


TH

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