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Module: Milieu einer Kindheit: Kindheit, Aetheraufsatz und Revolution

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Slide: Birth Certificate

Slide: Pauline Einstein, née Koch (1858–1920)

Slide: Hermann Einstein (1847-1902)

Slide: Anker Patent Stone Building Set

Slide: The House of Einstein’s Parents in Munich

Slide: Einstein’s Friend Talmey

Slide: Einstein's Geometry Textbook

Slide: Popular Books on Natural Science

Slide: Ludwig Büchner: Force and Matter

Slide: Einstein’s First Scientific Essay

Slide: Jost Winteler (1846-1929)

Slide: Report About the Musical Instrument Examination at the Canton School of 31 March 1896

Slide: Einstein’s Registration for the University Entrance Examination

Slide: Conrad Wüest: Synopsis of the History of Electricity, 1885

Slide: Einstein’s School Class

Slide: Mes projets d’avenir

Slide: University Entrance Examination in Fall 1896

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Slide: Page from Einstein’s Student Registry Book

Slide: Einstein’s Physics Examination

Slide: Albert Einstein’s Postcard to Professor Paalzow

Slide: Letter from Einstein’s Father to Ostwald

Slide: Einstein’s Application to the Patent Office

Slide: Einstein’s First Room in Bern, Gerechtigkeitsgasse 32

Slide: Einstein’s Advertisement for Private Tutoring

Slide: Tutorial by Einstein on the Theory of Electricity

Slide: In the Federal Office for Intellectual Property

Slide: The Members of the Olympia Academy

Slide: Solovin’s Dedication and Caricature for Einstein, 1903

Slide: Albert Einstein to Conrad Habicht

Slide: Letter from Einstein to Solovine

Slide: Letter from Paul Habicht to Albert Einstein

Slide: Potential Multiplier

Slide: Swiss Citizenship

Slide: Mileva Einstein with Son Hans Albert

Slide: Letter from Michele Besso to Aurel Stodola

Slide: Albert Einstein: A New Determination of the Dimensions of Molecules

Slide: Albert Einstein with His Mother

Slide: Rent Claim against Einstein

Slide: Letter from Einstein to Conrad Habicht

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Slide: Pauline Einstein, née Koch (1858–1920)

Slide: Hermann Einstein (1847-1902)

Slide: Maria Winteler-Einstein (1881–1951), called Maja

Slide: Max Talmud (Talmey) (1869-1941)

Slide: Jost Winteler (1846-1929)

Slide: Mileva Marić (1875–1948)

Slide: Michele Besso (1873–1955)

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Sequence: 4.7. Biographie 22300: Michele Besso

Slide: Michele Besso (1873–1955)

Sequence: 1.0 Kindheit

Slide: Birth Certificate

Slide: Pauline Einstein, née Koch (1858–1920)

Slide: Hermann Einstein (1847-1902)

Slide: Anker Patent Stone Building Set

Slide: The House of Einstein’s Parents in Munich

Slide: Einstein’s Friend Talmey

Slide: Einstein's Geometry Textbook

Slide: Popular Books on Natural Science

Slide: Ludwig Büchner: Force and Matter

Slide: Einstein’s First Scientific Essay

Slide: Jost Winteler (1846-1929)

Slide: Report About the Musical Instrument Examination at the Canton School of 31 March 1896

Slide: Einstein’s Registration for the University Entrance Examination

Slide: Conrad Wüest: Synopsis of the History of Electricity, 1885

Slide: Einstein’s School Class

Slide: Mes projets d’avenir

Slide: University Entrance Examination in Fall 1896

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Slide: Page from Einstein’s Student Registry Book

Slide: Einstein’s Physics Examination

Slide: Albert Einstein’s Postcard to Professor Paalzow

Slide: Letter from Einstein’s Father to Ostwald

Slide: Einstein’s Application to the Patent Office

Slide: Einstein’s First Room in Bern, Gerechtigkeitsgasse 32

Slide: Einstein’s Advertisement for Private Tutoring

Slide: Tutorial by Einstein on the Theory of Electricity

Slide: In the Federal Office for Intellectual Property

Slide: The Members of the Olympia Academy

Slide: Solovin’s Dedication and Caricature for Einstein, 1903

Slide: Albert Einstein to Conrad Habicht

Slide: Letter from Einstein to Solovine

Slide: Letter from Paul Habicht to Albert Einstein

Slide: Potential Multiplier

Slide: Swiss Citizenship

Slide: Mileva Einstein with Son Hans Albert

Slide: Letter from Michele Besso to Aurel Stodola

Slide: Albert Einstein: A New Determination of the Dimensions of Molecules

Slide: Albert Einstein with His Mother

Slide: Rent Claim against Einstein

Slide: Letter from Einstein to Conrad Habicht

Sequence: 3.0 Schwabingen

Slide: The Public Lighting System of Schwabing

Sequence: 4.0 Kindheit Biographien

Slide: Pauline Einstein, née Koch (1858–1920)

Slide: Hermann Einstein (1847-1902)

Slide: Maria Winteler-Einstein (1881–1951), called Maja

Slide: Max Talmud (Talmey) (1869-1941)

Slide: Jost Winteler (1846-1929)

Slide: Mileva Marić (1875–1948)

Slide: Michele Besso (1873–1955)

Sequence: Kinder Kindheit und Jugend

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Slide: From Here to There with Electrical Engineering.

Slide: Why does the needle move? Magic?

Slide: What is a Compass?

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Slide: Einstein's Mother

Slide: Einstein's Father

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Slide: From Here to There with Electrical Engineering.

Slide: Why does the needle move? Magic?

Slide: What is a Compass?

Slide: Teachers, Beatings and Protests

Slide: A Six in a School Report is Good!

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Ludwig Büchner: Force and Matter

Frankfurt am Main, 1855

Max Talmey also recommends that Einstein read Ludwig Büchner. Büchner propagates a materialistic-natural scientific worldview and, along with Bernstein’s literature, prompts the young Einstein to renounce religious enthusiasm and turn toward free thought.

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