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in Sarasota, Fla.,
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in Schaffhausen, Germany,
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–73,
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security clearance for,
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–503,
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n

at Sellin sea resort,
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sense of humor of,
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–41

seventy-fifth birthday of,
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seventy-sixth birthday of,
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in Singapore,
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sixtieth birthday of,
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–70

smoking by,
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socialist ideals of,
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socks not worn by,
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Soviet Union as viewed by,
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–80,
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–21,
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statues of,
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stomach problems of,
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stubbornness of,
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students of,
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study of,
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as substitute teacher,
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Swabian background of,
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Swiss citizenship of,
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telephone owned by,
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television appearance of,
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travel diaries of,
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as tutor,
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–73,
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–80,
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–40 ”2%” speech of,
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U.S. as viewed by,
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as U.S. citizen,
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–7,
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–31,
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as U.S. resident,
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–47

U.S. visited by,
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–55,
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–76,
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–96,
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in Venice,
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–54

in Vienna,
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violin played by,
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at Watch Hill, R. I. cottage,
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will of,
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in Winterhur, Germany,
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,
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world government supported by,
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as Zionist,
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–23,
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in Zurich,
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–30,
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–19

as Zurich Polytechnic professor,
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as Zurich Polytechnic student,
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as Zurich University professor,
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Einstein, Albert, as physicist:

assistants of,
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conservative reaction of,
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as cosmologist,
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–24,
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–62,
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–66,
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–56,
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–ll,
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creativity and genius of,
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570n,
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n–8n

doctoral dissertation of,
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early investigations by,
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experimental verification by,
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habilitation
thesis of,
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inductive method of,
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intuitive approach of,
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as mathematician,
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“miracle year” of (1905),
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papers published by,
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624n;see also specific papers

as scientific realist,
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skepticism of,
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as theoretical physicist,
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thought experiments
(Gedankenexperiment)
of,
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visual thinking by,
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