The Einstein manuscript was auctioned for 11.6 million euros

This is a rare scientific worksheet. The manuscript of the famous physicist Albert Einstein, in which he developed his theory of general relativity, was auctioned off in Paris on Tuesday, November 23, for 11.6 million euros (including fees).

Earlier records for the Einstein manuscript were $ 2.8 million (2. 2.4 million) in 2018, $ 1.56 million (3 1.39 million euros) for the letter to God in 2017 and the letter about the secret of happiness in Jerusalem.

The document sold on Tuesday is estimated at between two and three million euros. This 54-page manuscript was written between 1913 and 1914 by Michael Pesso, a physicist of German descent in Zurich (Switzerland) and his collaborator and confidant.

Rare manuscript document

“Scientific manuscripts of Einstein’s period, more generally pre – 1919, are very rare.”, Underlined before Christie’s sale, the auction of the Acute house took place.

These started at 1.5 million and flew away in a few minutes, ending in a fight between two buyers over the phone at an increase of 200,000 euros. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. One hundred interested and collectors were in the room, and none of them bid.

According to Christie, it’s thanks to Pesso “This manuscript, almost miraculously, has come to us: Einstein probably would not have bothered to keep a working document of what appeared to him.”.

After his special theory of relativity, he proved the famous formula E = mc² in 1905, and Einstein began to work on the theory of general relativity. This theory of gravity, finally published in November 1915, revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Einstein, who died in 1955 at the age of 76, became a symbol of the scientific genius, much like a pop man, with the famous photo of him sticking out his tongue in 1951.

There are “many errors” in the manuscript

In early 1913, he and Pesso “Deal with one of the problems facing the scientific community for decades: the paradox of Mercury’s orbit”, Recalled Christie. Two scientists will solve this puzzle.

It is not in the calculations in this manuscript, it is calculated “Many bugs that go unnoticed”. When Einstein saw them, he did not care about this manuscript taken by Pesso.

“Being one of the two work manuscripts documenting the origin of the general theory of relativity that has come to us is an extraordinary testimony to Einstein’s work, and it allows us to make an attractive dive into the mind of the great scientist.^e Century “, According to Christie.

The other document known from this important period in the physicist’s research known as the “Zurich Notebook” (late 1912, early 1913) is actually in the Einstein Archive at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.