Science: Einstein Farewell

Albert Einstein ended two studious months at California Institute of Technology last week. At San Pedro, Los Angeles' harbor, he boarded the Hamburg-American San Francisco with Mrs. Einstein, put his pipe and violin in his stateroom with the luggage, and sought out the dining salon for "a German meal cooked as only Germans know how to cook it."

For farewell he gave—in good English —an interview to the Press, which the New York Times meticulously quoted. Dr. Richard Chace Tolman, his closest collaborator at Caltech, stood by while he delivered some observations...

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