Lot 1066
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born physicist, discovered relativity, Nobel Prize for physics (1921).
Autograph Letter Signed, 22 Oct 1920, signed "Albert", personal note on postcard from Leyden, where he was to give a lecture on his Theory of Relativity [ultimately the lecture was on 27 Oct], to his wife in Berlin; also a signature across a set of 1946 Swedish stamps honoring Alfred Nobel.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
Einstein renounced his German citizenship when Hitler rose to power. In 1940 he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Upon hearing of Nazi Germany's successful experiments with nuclear fission, he wrote to U.S. President Roosevelt urging the initiation of a U.S. nuclear research program. In 1952, after the death of Chaim Weizmann, Einstein was offered and refused Presidency of Israel (1952).
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