Einstein Papers Project skip to main content Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences Einstein Papers Project The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Who We Are Open Who We Are submenu Current Editors & Staff Past Editors & Staff Executive Committee History of the Project What We Do Open What We Do submenu The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Published Volumes Open Published Volumes submenu Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12 Volume 13 Volume 14 Volume 15 Volume 16 Volume 17 Princeton University Press Future Volumes Editorial Method News Resources Open Resources submenu Useful Links Further Reading Contact Open Contact submenu Contact A Request Permissions and Reproductions Digital Einstein SearchSearch Menu Close Who We Are Open Who We Are submenu What We Do Open What We Do submenu News Resources Open Resources submenu Contact Open Contact submenu Digital Einstein Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences Who We Are Back Current Editors & Staff Past Editors & Staff Executive Committee History of the Project What We Do Back The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Published Volumes Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12 Volume 13 Volume 14 Volume 15 Volume 16 Volume 17 Princeton University Press Future Volumes Editorial Method Resources Back Useful Links Further Reading Contact Back Contact A Request Permissions and Reproductions SearchSearch Credit: Caltech Archives Albert Einstein with his assistant Walther Mayer in Pasadena, early 1931. Credit: Albert Einstein Archives Discussing his search for the field equations of a unified field theory. January 14, 1931, the Carnegie Observatories, Santa Barbara St., Pasadena. Credit: Caltech Archives Einstein speaking at the dedication of the Pasadena Junior College (now PCC) astronomy building, February 1931. Credit: Albert Einstein Archives One of few existing color photos of Einstein; on the porch of his house in Princeton, February 1954. Credit: Caltech Archives Albert and Elsa Einstein with Robert and Greta Millikan on a boat off Long Beach, 1931. Credit: Caltech Archives In front of the Athenaeum Faculty Club, Caltech, 1932. Credit: Caltech Archives With young people, at dedication of the Pasadena Junior College (now PCC) astronomy building, February 1931. Credit: Caltech Archives With Charles St. John and Walther Mayer on top of the solar tower telescope, Mt. Wilson Observatory, 1931. Credit: Caltech Archives Three Nobel Prize winners, front row: A. A. Michelson, Albert Einstein, Robert A. Millikan. Back row: Walter S. Adams, Walther Mayer, Max Ferrrand. In front of the Athenaeum, Caltech, 1931. Credit: Caltech Archives Albert and Elsa Einstein receiving California Governor James Rolph, Jr. and reporters in front of their rented house in Pasadena, early 1931. Credit: Caltech Archives Albert Einstein with Charles St. John at Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, 1931. Credit: Caltech Archives Looking into the eyepiece of the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory, with Edwin Hubble and Walter Adams, January 1931. Einstein Papers Project Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Autoplay Carousel Previous Next Albert Einstein (1879–1955), one of the foremost scientists and public figures of the 20th century, revolutionized our views of time and space, matter and light, gravitation and the universe. The Einstein Papers Project is engaged in one of the most ambitious scholarly publishing ventures undertaken in the history of science. The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein provides the first complete picture of Einstein's massive written legacy. Published Volumes Online / On Paper With the publication of its most recent Volume 17, The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein series now covers Einstein's life to the cusp of his first of three terms spent at Caltech. To date, the series presents as annotated full text, 700 writings by Einstein and more than 4,500 letters written by and to him. An additional 5,900 documents appear in abstract. Einstein Archives Online A unique resource: You can access our database of 90,000+ records of all known Einstein manuscripts and correspondence and also search the full text of 2,000 digitized items. While the Archives updates their site, this link provides temporary access to the database. 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