Albert Einstein, Landscape Architect

摘要

In 1913, Albert Einstein had stalled in his efforts to construct his general theory of relativity. He pleaded with his friend Marcel Grossmann for a mathematical boost: "Grossmann, you've got to help me, otherwise I'll go mad!" Four years later, as Einstein was finishing a paper on the cosmic implications of his (finally) completed theory, the malady had migrated to other parts of the body. He had a stomach ulcer; he suffered from liver disease. Worn out by his mental exertions, Einstein thought he was dying. He wrote to fellow physicist Arnold Sommerfeld: "In the last month I had one of the most stimulating, exhausting times of my life, indeed also one of the most successful."