三封爱因斯坦致贝索书信研究

Study on Three Letters from Einstein to Besso

2019年4月至5月,清华大学科学博物馆'百年器象'展览展出了三封阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦致米凯莱·贝索书信的原件。这三封书信分别写于1909年11月17日、1921年5月28日和1952年3月6日,反映了爱因斯坦早年、壮年和暮年的科学活动与社会活动。本文考察了这三封书信的文本与刊布情况,根据德语原文对这些书信进行了考订和重译,并以此为基础,分析了爱因斯坦与贝索的交往、广义相对论实验验证的影响、爱因斯坦与科学仪器等中国观众感兴趣的问题。

Three letters from Albert Einstein to Michele Besso were exhibited at'A Century of Instruments',an exhibition hosted by the Tsinghua University Science Museum,from April to May 2019.These letters were dated November 17,1909,May 28,1921 and March 6,1952,reflecting Einstein’s scientific and social activities in his youth,prime and senectitude respectively.This paper examines the text and publication of these three letters,and made a new translation from the original German text.The last section analyses Einstein’s interaction with Besso,the influence of the tests of general relativity,and one of Einstein’s scientific instruments,which would be of interest to Chinese audience.