SUBJECT INDEX 549
on simultaneity, 127
special relativity, 21, 27, 126-130
other references, 8, 29, 47, 115, 120, 121,
126-130, 133, 145, 155, 157-159, 162-
172, 194, 209, 230, 270, 279, 505
Positron, 360-361,452
Probability, see also Entropy and probability
Boltzmann's definition of, 62-63, 65
coarse- and fine-grained, 64
Einstein on, 62-63, 65, 73-74
Einstein's definition, 72
Proton, 360
Prout's law, 149
Prussian Academy, 239-241, 243, 312-313,
316-317, 450, 504
Pulsars, 269, 270, 281
Quadrupole formula, 279-281
Quantum electrodynamics, 32
Quantum field theory, 32, 463
Quantum mechanics, 404, 405
complementarity interpretation, 456
completeness, 449
Einstein's response to, 24, 31, 440-457
incompleteness of, 456
1925-1931, early debate, 440-449
nonrelativistic version of, 24, 463
Planck and, 404
relativistic version of, 32, 463
Quantum statistics, 423-433
Quantum theoi y
Bohr-Einstein dialogue on, 6-9, 445-449
causality as issue in, 6, 15
discovery of, 27
Einstein and, 153, 179, 188-190, 197, 280,
320,327-328
contributions to, 19-20, 23-24, 30-31,
358-359
discomfort with, 410-412
summary of beliefs, 461
interaction between radiation and matter, 28
of molecular gas, 59
nonseparable classical motion, 412
'old' (1900-1925), 28-29, 383-384, 412,
425, 462-463
difficulties in, 418-419
Planck and, 28, 29, 361-362, 368-372, 383-
384
probability interpretation of, 6-9
relativity theory and, 146-147, 151
resistance to, 383-384
as revolution, 28-30
solid state, 28, 358
statistical mechanics, link between. 19-20,
56, 74
Quarks, 33
Quasars, 270, 274
Quasi-static world, 288
Radiation, see also Blackbody radiation
Einstein's application of statistical reasoning
to, 70
Einstein's theory of, 185, 404
equipartition applied to, 58
quantum puzzles concerning, 418-421
status of theory in 1909, 404
Radiative equilibrium, quantum theory of, 328
Radiative fluctuations, 409
Radiative transitions, spontaneous and induced,
405-407
Radio galaxy, 270
Radioactive substances, transformations of,
149,411,412
Rayleigh-Einstein-Jeans law, 403, 406
Rayleigh-Jeans law, 373-375
Rayleigh scattering, 102, 103
Red shift, 177, 180-181, 196-198
Relativity, general theory of, 8, 9, 15, 266-292,
450-457; see also Gravitation, Einstein on
1915-1980,266-271
1915-1925,268
after Einstein, 269-271
1930s, 268-269
bending of light, 30, 181 -182
Bianchi identities, 274-278
coordinate conditions, 224
cosmology, 281-288; see also Cosmology
discovery of, 20-23
Einstein-Grossmann collaboration, see
Einstein's scientific collaborations,
Grossmann
Einstein's response to, 440-457
energy and momentum conservation, 274-
278
equivalence principle in, 179-181
final steps toward, 250-257
gravitational energy, 181-182
gravitational red shift, 180-181
gravitational waves, 278-281
Lorentz invariance, 183
Maxwell's equations, 181-182
mechanical equations of, 203
predictions of, 273-274
Prague papers, see Gravitation, Prague
papers
red shift, 197-198
solar eclipse expeditions, 268, 273
stellar structure and, 269
tensors of, 218-219
three successes of, 269, 271-274
Relativity, special theory of, 9, 15, 20-21, 138-
159
to 1905, 130-134
June 1905, 138-147
September 1905, 148-149
after 1905, 153-155
aesthetic origins of, 138