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The questionable inventions of the clever Dr. Einstein

József Illy: The practical Einstein: Experiments, patents, inventions. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012, xiv+202pp, $60.00 HB

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  1. “So lange ich mich auf Linien der Erforschung bewege—dies war die Voraussetzung—ist mir die Praxis, also jedes praktische Ergebnis, das sich nebenher oder künftig möglicherweise daran knüpfen könnte, vollkommen gleichgültig.” (Moszkowski 1921, 173, trans. Martínez); the interjected clause seems added by Moszkowski, for clarification.

  2. Einstein to Heinrich Zangger, ca. 10 April 1915 (Schulmann et al. 1998, Doc. 73, p. 87, trans. Martínez).

  3. Einstein to Zangger, 11 July 1916 (Kormos Buchwald et al. 2006, vol. 10, Doc. 232a, p. 24, trans. Martínez).

  4. Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty, C.B. 4318 R, Report on “U-570” (H.M.S. “Graph”) (1943), chap. VI, p. 30; published in (Mallmann Showell 2001).

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Martínez, A.A. The questionable inventions of the clever Dr. Einstein. Metascience 23, 49–55 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-013-9819-x

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