Commemorations: Einstein's Birthday & His First Visit to the United States
Einstein's 142nd birthday fell on March 14, 2021. Among various Pi Day + AE tributes, the occasion was also marked with a delightful post written by Daniel Kennefick, EPP Scientific Editor, for Princeton University Press' blog. Happy 40th, Einstein! is in the "History of Science and Knowledge" section of PUP: Ideas. Einstein's fortieth birthday was in 1919. Kennefick writes "unbeknownst to Einstein, this birthday would be the last one he could enjoy in comfortable obscurity. Events were in motion that would make him an international celebrity literally overnight before the year was out."
This April marks the centenary of Einstein's first visit to the United States. On April 2, 1921, Einstein arrived at the port of New York. The ensuing fanfare and his whistle stop tour of a wide swath of the United States is described in detail in Smithsonian Magazine. Canadian science journalist, Dan Falk interviewed EPP General Editor and Director Diana Kormos Buchwald and EPP Assistant Director and Senior Editor Ze'ev Rosenkranz for the piece. Read Falk's insightful article on the Smithsonian website: One Hundred Years Ago, Einstein Was Given a Hero's Welcome by America's Jews.
