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Struggling to begin a tribute to their friend Aurel Stodola.
Einstein is happy to write something about Stodola, though there is no external pretext for doing so: ‘I love and revere him, but don’t know how to begin. Give me a hint (Gib mir einen Wink)’; he suggests planning a ‘Jubiläum’, ‘Otherwise one cannot write something in the newspaper out of the blue’.
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Lot 42Sale 15830
Berlin, 27 April 1929His reverence for Aurel StodolaEstimate: USD 2,500 - 3,500
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