By József Illy
In 1919, newspaper headlines stated British day trip had proven Einstein's basic thought of relativity. the scoop stirred the general public mind's eye on either side of the Atlantic and thrust the scientist into the highlight of status.
Two years later, Chaim Weizmann led a fund-raising venture to the USA and invited Einstein to hitch it. The undertaking traveled to manhattan, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Hartford to crusade for public understanding and help of the Hebrew collage of Jerusalem. This introduced Einstein in the clutch of the yankee media. His lectures introduced in manhattan, Princeton, and Chicago, and reviews at the Jewish presence in Palestine, made Einstein, on his first journey to the USA, one of many first media stars. In Albert Meets the US, József Illy provides a desirable compilation of media tales of Einstein's travel -- which conceal his technology, his Zionism, and the anti-Semitism he encountered. As we shuttle with Einstein, from headline to headline, we adventure his emotional reference to American Jews and his frustration at turning into international well-known even if his theories weren't really understood.
This intriguing assortment provides readers an intimate glimpse into the lifetime of one of many world's first glossy celebrities and a different realizing of the media's energy over either its topic and its audience.
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Yidishes Togeblat—The Jewish Daily News, April 5. Weizmann and Einstein Discuss Plans Special Interviews by Jewish Correspondence Bureau Questioned as to the purpose of his visit, Professor Weizmann declared that he is bringing with him important plans for the rebuilding of Palestine, plans which can only be realized with the entire help of the Jews of America. The European Zionists, Dr. Weizmann said, are at present working under extreme difficulties and not only is it essential that American Zionists should concentrate upon the work at hand with all their energies but it is his hope that they will also accord the European workers all necessary encouragement.
New York American, April 3, p. 5. Here it is not TNT but gunpowder that is associated with Weizmann. ” Before World War I, Weizmann discovered that a bacterium—later named after him—Clostridium acetobutylicum (Weizmann) can turn sugar into acetone and butyl alcohol. When the war broke out, the British Navy was in need of huge amounts of acetone, necessary for the production of smokeless powder, which would enable the warships not to be located by the smoke of their gunfire. In Manchester the director of research for Nobel Explosives in Scotland met with Weizmann, who told him about his process.
That would be readily understandable to a man of science. He first became interested in mathematics when he was 14 years old, and his work is his life. ” The New York Times, April 3, p. 13. Einstein played the violin even aboard the ship. On the ship, when a concert was held Dr. Einstein played selections from Mozart, of whose work he is particularly fond, on the violin. Brahms is another of his favorites. The New York Times, April 3, p. 13. But the journey was also the first opportunity for Einstein to meet the very attractive and intelligent Mrs.