以色列财政部部长尤瓦尔·施泰尼茨本月6日在上海世博会以色列国家馆日庆典仪式上正式宣布:爱因斯坦亲手书写的一份有关相对论的文稿,自当日起正式在上海世博会以色列馆展出。
施泰尼茨在世博中心中央大厅举行的仪式上亲自展示了这份珍贵手稿。他说:“这份文本中包含爱因斯坦亲手书写的著名相对论公式:E=mc^2(即E=MC的平方)。”
施泰尼茨透露,此前这份手稿一直珍藏于希伯来大学,手稿来到上海世博会展出,得到了校方许可。他说,爱因斯坦生前曾将自己的一批重要手稿捐赠给希伯来大学,其中就包括这份文本。
A visitor looks at a piece of the original manuscript of Albert Einstein's landmark "General Theory of Relativity" exhibited at The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem on March 7, 2010. (Xinhua) |
Einstein's original manuscript displayed at Israel Pavilion of World Expo
Two pages of the original manuscript of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity were put up on display Thursday afternoon in the Israel Pavilion of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
Visiting Israeli Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz announced the display of the pages at a ceremony marking the Jewish state's National Pavilion Day on Thursday.
The document represented the Jewish people's great achievements in science and innovations, Steinitz said.
The two pages, selected from a total of 46, contains Einstein's famous equation E=MC2 (squared) which describes the relationship between energy (E), mass (M) and the speed of light (C).
Einstein's wife Elsa donated the 46-page handwritten manuscript to the Hebrew University during its opening in 1925, four years after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
Other exhibits displayed in the pavilion include a capsule containing a mini-camera that can be swallowed for internal medical checks before being discharged naturally, giving no pain to the patient.
During the ceremony, a set of commemorative stamps named "Israeli Innovations That Changed the World" was unveiled, featuring three Israeli innovations in the fields of agriculture, high technology and medicine.
With the theme of "Innovation for Better Life," the Israel Pavilion consists of three zones: the Whispering Garden, the Hall of Light and the Hall of Innovations.
(Xinhua)
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