(Newswire.net — December 11, 2014) — The Digital Albert Einstein documents online library went live on Friday, revealing a treasure trove of Einstein letters, correspondences, postcards, and notes detailing the life of one of the world’s greatest thinkers.
The Dead Sea Scrolls of physics, as The New York Times reports, are available for free download to anyone, and if you want to read the originals, you need to speak German, of course.
Many of Einstein’s early letters were originally written in the German language; however, Princeton’s archives allow users to toggle between the original text and the English-translated version.
Beside Einstein’s researches and formulas, which to understand one has to have a PhD in physics, there are a whole bunch of personal letters, divorce files, and letters to Marie Curie denouncing science trolls, according to Vox.
This unique collection provides an invaluable look into the life of one of physics’ super geniuses. The fact it is common wealth, free to download by anyone, emphasize the amazing moments in science making their way to the web, for the low, low cost of free.
For example, the California Institute of Technology published in September all of Richard Feynman’s iconic lectures online.
The Einstein’s 5,000 documents collection is just part of the genius’ written legacy. A digitized archive of Caltech’s Einstein Papers Project is on the 15th volume, there will eventually be 30 volumes.
For years to come, this new digital archive of Einstein knowledge will only grow larger. The documents will be at first published in paper than it will be released in a digital version online.