We’re behind the scenes today at the Google Arts and Culture Lab
to watch the digitalization of the correspondence between Albert Einstein and the Académie des Sciences.
For the first time ever,
these historical documents are going to be accessible to all.
This will help the world learn more about who Albert Einstein was.
There’s a letter from Albert Einstein to Elie Cartan, who lost his son in the Holocaust.
This letter has not only historical significance,
but emotional significance as well.
What these letters show us is the reality of the men and women
who are behind some of the world’s greatest scientific achievements.
There is another important document,
Max Planck who responds to Marie Curie who responds to Albert Einstein.
You can see scientific history in the making through these letters.
You can really discover how science progressed.
I was particularly moved by the liveliness of the conversations between the different scientists.
This digitalization is so important because it is the first time these letters will be available to the public.
Our goal is to preserve them,
so we can keep a digital trace of these documents that are of such incredible value to humanity.
This is a world premiere, a historical first. It’s incredible to think that
140 years after Albert Einstein’s birth, he can still be a professor for physicists today.
Users from all over the world can now discover and consult these documents
on Google Arts & Culture and explore the relationship that Einstein had with France
and French scientists.
