Einstein on the lakes of Switzerland

"He is so much on the water that people cannot easily reach him," his wife Elsa remarked. On the lakes of Switzerland, later near Berlin (shown here), and finally in the Eastern United States, Einstein left behind the world -- but not his thoughts.

Image © Lotte Jacobi Collection, University of New Hampshire.
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