Postcard
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
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Card
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3131116.2
Summary
A white postcard style card; 'PRINTED PAPER RATE 1d STAMP Messrs, METHUEN & Co., Ltd. 36 ESSEX STREET LONDON W.C. 2.' On the back; 'GOOD BOOKS IN EVERY BRANCH OF LITERATURE Messrs. METHUEN & Co., Ltd., will send you their half yearly Illustrated Announcement Lists if you will kindly add your name at the foot and send them this card. Name _____________________ Address___________________ __________________________'. The card is kept in the book 'Sidelights on relativity' by Albert Einstein (1879-1955) (record 3131116). Albert Einstein 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to the National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.