{"id":636,"date":"2021-12-19T13:55:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testik.de\/einstein-website.de\/en\/?page_id=636"},"modified":"2023-02-26T08:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T07:38:21","slug":"royal-scientific-society-gottingen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/royal-scientific-society-gottingen\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Scientific Society, G\u00f6ttingen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“\u2026 Es gereicht mir zur Freude, einer Gesellschaft anzuh\u00f6ren, der die Wissenschaft so viel verdankt.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“\u2026It makes me happy to be a member of a society whom science has so much to thank for.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Albert Einstein, Berlin 1915<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EINSTEIN AND THE K\u00d6NIGLICHE GESELLSCHAFT DER WISSENSCHAFTEN ZU G\u00d6TTINGEN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(ROYAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, G\u00d6TTINGEN)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A short story of the (society) academy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1751 the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu G\u00f6ttingen (Academy of Sciences, G\u00f6ttingen)<\/em> was founded by King George II of Great Britain, Elector of Hannover. In the seal of the today second oldest scientific academy in Germany, you can find the motto of the academy “Fecundat et ornat \u2013 it fertilises and adorns\u201c. This motto refers to the relationship with the Georg August University in G\u00f6ttingen, which was from the beginning very close. The first president of the academy was the Swiss doctor, natural scientist and author Albrecht von Haller<\/strong> (1708-1777) who realized his plan of “zweyerley Academien\u201c (two different academies). According to this plan the Georgia Augusta was responsible for the \u201eBelehrung der Jugend\u201c (teaching of the youth) and the academy had the task to \u201dinvent\u201c. Thus the teachers of the Georgia Augusta could also become members of the G\u00f6ttinger Akademie der Wissenschaften (G\u00f6ttingen Academy of Sciences)<\/em> and dedicate themselves to research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The G\u00f6ttinger Akademie (G\u00f6ttingen Academy) looks back to a long tradition. Many famous scholars were members, among others Ernst Abbe, Max Born, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, James Franck, Carl Friedrich Gau\u00df, Johann Matthias Gesner, the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Otto Hahn, Werner Heisenberg, David Hilbert, Christian Gottlob Heyne, Alexander von Humboldt, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Walther Nernst, Henri Poincar\u00e9, Julius Wellhausen, Adolf Windaus and Albert Einstein, to only name a few. Today the G\u00f6ttinger Akademie der Wissenschaften (G\u00f6ttingen Academy of Sciences)<\/em> lists in its records more than ten Nobel Prize laureates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Albert Einstein and the K\u00f6nigliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu G\u00f6ttingen (Royal Scientific Society, G\u00f6ttingen)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert Einstein was a corresponding member of the society from December 18, 1915 until his exclusion on November 3, 1933. He was proposed as corresponding member by the full members David Hilbert, Felix Klein, Carl David Runge, Woldemar Voigt and Emil Wiechert. He was elected in the meeting of December 18, 1915.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The directors of the academy, represented by the secretary Ernst Heinrich Ehlers, informed Einstein in writing that very same day. On December 20 Einstein wrote to one of the most important German mathematicians David Hilbert<\/strong> (1862-1943): \u201eIch danke Ihnen f\u00fcr die freundliche Mitteilung, die Wahl zum korr. Mitgliede betreffend.” (\u201dI want to thank you for the friendly letter informing me about the election as corr. member.\u201c)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Einstein officially thanked the society for the appointment in a letter dated December 23, 1915.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“An die k\u00f6nigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in G\u00f6ttingen.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoch geehrte Herren!<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ich danke Ihnen herzlich f\u00fcr den Beweis freundlicher Anerkennung, den Sie mir durch Ihre Wahl gegeben haben. Es gereicht mir zur Freude, einer Gesellschaft anzuh\u00f6ren, der die Wissenschaft so viel verdankt.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mit aller Hochachtung<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Einstein<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 XII. 15.”<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“To the Royal Society of Sciences in G\u00f6ttingen.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Sirs!<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to thank you very much for the proof of friendly recognition, which you gave to me through your decision. It makes me happy to be a member of a society whom science has so much to thank for.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all respect<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Einstein<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 XII. 15.”<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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After Einstein\u2018s withdrawal from the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Sciences)<\/strong><\/em> in June 1933 and the letter of the Ausw\u00e4rtiges Amt Berlin (Berlin Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to the G\u00f6ttinger Akademie (G\u00f6ttingen Academy) dated September 18, 1933 in which he is told that Einstein had \u201edurch eigene Handlungen mehrfach dargetan, dass er keinen Wert darauf legt, deutschen wissenschaftlichen Vereinen oder Gesellschaften anzugeh\u00f6ren\u201c (“through his own acts made clear several times that he does not value to be a member of German scientific institutions or societies\u201c)<\/span> Albert Einstein was, according to the decision of November 3, 1933, cancelled from the foreign members list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 1945 and in December 1946 Einstein was once again offered the membership in the G\u00f6ttinger Akademie (G\u00f6ttingen Academy), however, both letters remained unanswered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today there are no further documents in the archive of the academy concerning Einstein and the K\u00f6nigliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu G\u00f6ttingen (Royal Society of Sciences in G\u00f6ttingen)<\/em>. There are also no publications of Einstein in the academy publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/span> The correspondence between the mathematician David Hilbert (G\u00f6ttingen) and Einstein, which was handed over to the university\u2019s library after Hilbert\u2018s death in 1943, attracted no interest and was returned to Princeton. The letters can be found today in the Einstein Archives in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Illustrations credits:<\/span><\/strong>
Courtesy of the Archiv der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu G\u00f6ttingen<\/strong>: Pers. 20., Blatt 916: 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bibliography:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editors: R. Schulmann, A. J. Kox,
Michel Janssen, J\u00f3zsef Illy<\/td>		The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 8, Part A<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Princeton 1998<\/td><\/tr>
Abraham Pais<\/td>Ich vertraue auf Intuition – Der andere Albert Einstein<\/strong><\/em><\/td>Heidelberg 1995<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“\u2026 Es gereicht mir zur Freude, einer Gesellschaft anzuh\u00f6ren, der die Wissenschaft so viel verdankt.” “\u2026It makes me happy to be a member of a society whom science has so much to thank for.\u201c Albert Einstein, Berlin 1915 EINSTEIN AND THE K\u00d6NIGLICHE GESELLSCHAFT DER WISSENSCHAFTEN ZU G\u00d6TTINGEN (ROYAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, G\u00d6TTINGEN) A short story of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572,"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/636\/revisions\/2572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/einstein-website.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}