SUBJECT INDEX 547Einstein's knowledge of work of, 65-67, 131
Einstein on, 319, 463
on entropy and probability, 60-62, 65-67
field concept, 119
gyromagnetic effects, 246
Michelson on, 112
molecular reality, 82, 85
second law of thermodynamics, 60-62
specific heat of gases, 393-394
vector theory of gravitation, 229, 230
other references, 13, 15, 19, 29, 30, 44, 59-
62, 94, 119-121, 131, 230, 237, 283, 289,
318, 392-394, 463
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, 64
Maxwell-Lorentz equations in
electrodynamics, 139
Einstein and, 140, 145, 147
tensor form of, 152
Maxwell's electrodynamics, 119-120, 181-182,
288, 289, 325
Einstein on, 140, 154
for free fields, 384
generally covariant form of, 220-221
Meandering of rivers, 329
Mechanics, classical, see Newtonian classical
mechanics
Mercury, perihelion of, 22, 253-255
Meson (pion), 32, 360
Michelson, see also entries beginning
Michelson
on aether, 112
death of, 116
on Maxwell, 112
Nobel prize, 114
reaction to special relativity, 113-114
other references, 16, 21, 112-117, 119, 123,
125, 129, 131, 145, 318, 505
Michelson-Morley experiment, 111-119, 141
Einstein and, 145, 172-173
Einstein's knowledge of, 21, 115-119, 131-
133, 141, 165
FitzGerald and, 122-124
Larmor on, 123
Lorentzon, 123, 125
Miller's results, 113, 144
Michelson-Rayleigh correspondence, 112-113
Mie's theory of gravitation, 229, 234, 235, 257,
258, 260
Molecular binding energy, 149
Molecular dimensions, 58
Molecular reality, 79-104
Avogadro's law and, 81
Avogadro's number and, 88, 89, 92, 94-95
Brownian motion and, 93-100
critical opalescence and, 100-103
Marie Curie on, 86
Einstein's doctoral thesis, 87-92
Einstein's interest in, 18-19
estimation of molecular dimensions, 83-85
in nineteenth century, 79-86
in chemistry, 79-82, 85
indivisibility, 85-86
invisibility, 86
kinetic theory, 82-85
osmotic pressure and, 87
Ostwald on, 83, 86, 103
Pfeffer conjecture, 87
Prout's hypothesis, 82
Smoluchowski on, 101-103
van't Hoff laws, 86-88
Morgan manuscript, 142, 178
Motion
absolute, 129
of resonator in radiation field, 58
singularities, 288-291
Muon, 360
Navy Bureau of Ordnance, 12, 454, 529
Needle radiation, 431, 435
Nernst's heat theorem, 396-399, 431
Neutrino, 327, 360
Neutron, 360
Neutron star, 278, 279
nuclear and gravitational forces in, 269
Newton, see also entries beginning Newton;
Newtonian
absolute space, 30
causality, 5-6; see also Causality
Einstein on, 14
law of gravitation, 252, 254, 305, 325
general relativity and, 204
Poincare on, 129
special relativity and, 204
law of inertia, 284
on rotation, 243, 282
other references, 13-15, 24, 29, 194, 200,
257, 283, 289, 303, 306, 308, 312, 318,
319,399,460,461, 508, 526
Newton-Poisson equation, 221, 252, 285
Newtonian classical mechanics, 203
Einstein on, 460-461
first axiom of, 63
relativity and, 164
Newtonian infinite, conundrum of, 286, 287,
306
Newtonian limit, Grossmann's difficulty with,
220, 222
Nobel prize
Einstein's award, 48, 153, 300, 315, 317,
377,386,502-511
Arrhenius's report, 510
citizenship status and, 503-504
Gullstrand's reports, 509, 510
news of award, 503