Hebrew U. – Israel Railways joint initiative: 'Scientists on the trains'
Albert Einstein stepping off the train in London, 1933. (Courtesy of the Einstein Archive)
Commuters on Israel's trains will find themselves back at school this week with the launch of lectures by Hebrew University scientists on the Modiin-Savidor line. The initiative, which is being run in cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israel Railways, will open with a lecture on 'Einstein's love letters' by former Hebrew University president Prof. Hanoch Gutfreund on Wednesday, November 4.
This will be the first in a series of lectures by leading experts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for passengers on different Israel Railways lines across Israel over the coming year, under the title: 'Scientists on the Trains'.
According to Prof. Gutfreund, ''The love letters between Albert Einstein and his first wife Mileva and the love letters to his second wife Elsa teach us about the emotional and intellectual development of the greatest scientist of the 20th century. In later years, he wrote to Elsa almost every day when he was traveling away from home. Those were no longer love letters, but they are interesting because they convey his impression of the places he visited, from people he met to events that occurred around him.''
The ''Scientists on the Trains'' series will begin on Wednesday, November 4, departing from Modiin Central to Tel Aviv Savidor at 9.04 a.m., and back from Savidor to Modiin at 10.26 a.m.
