1930–1931: Travel to the U.S.

He was welcomed with a mix of show business, hero·worship and real affection

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the writer. Kim Jarrell Johnson wrote this column. On Dec. 30, 1930, renowned physicist Dr. Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa arrived…

He was perhaps the greatest thinker of the 20th century, but like many L.A. newcomers, he relaxed in the California sun, hobnobbed with Hollywood celebrities and watched the Rose Parade. He even

Prof. Albert and Elsa Einstein pose for photographers at a press conference held at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

South Pasadena, CA - Accomplished actor and director to revivify Einstein for free Library event.

It has taken me many years to develop even a basic ability with math. In school, I was dreadful at it, and then there was the horror of chemistry, which is just math with letters instead of numbers…

Where are we? And what's happening? In this 1932 photo, Dr. E=mc2 himself, Albert Einstein, and his wife Elsa are given a huge send-off as they prepare to

During a visit to California in 1931, physicist Albert Einstein, then living in Europe, asked to meet actor Charlie Chaplin, also an international celebrity and political radical.

Whether it was in front of the camera or hanging out at movie studios, the beloved scientist was made for the big screen.

When Albert and Elsa Einstein first visited in January 1931, the Jews of Los Angeles were besotted. A hundred women and men, representatives of almost every Jewish organization in the city, gathered hastily to plan an event to honor of the couple. They rented the most lavish room in town: the Fiesta Room of the Ambassador Hotel where, three months earlier, Hollywood’s finest had gathered for the third annual Academy Awards. There, the Jews of L.A. would stage the “the most important event” in their community’s history, a “monster banquet” (as their press release boasted) honoring a personage the L.A. Times called “the man Jews generally regard as the greatest member of their race.” Jews of all sorts came out for the February 16 gala: Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform; Ashkenazim and Sefaradim; native-born and greenhorn; Zionist and non-; intellectuals and businessfolk. Rabbi Shlomo Neches, the immigrant traditionalist from the Breed Street Shul, offered “grace,” while Rabbi Edgar Magnin, the tony …

Einstein once said that Charlie Chaplin was the only person he’d wish to meet someday, which he did. However, the two legends were actually close friends b

Eighty-four years ago, on February 2, 1931, the world-famous film star Charlie Chaplin attended the premiere of his newest film City Lights in Los Angeles accompanied by his guests of honor: the world-famous physicist Albert Einstein, and his wife, Elsa Einstein.

Part I: A video tribute to Virginia Cherill, the beautiful co-star of CITY LIGHTS. Part II: A slideshow featuring Chaplin in 1931. First at the premier for C...

City Lights (City Lights, 1931) Albert Einstein, Charles Chaplin and Elsa Lowenthal. (Einstein's wife)

In unearthed video, watch Einstein speak with pal Carl Laemmle, the founder of Universal Studios.

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The 1920s, in introducing Einstein to the experience of being a celebrity, culminated at the end of the decade with his second trip to the United States instigated by, of all people, Robert Millikan,

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Caltech. The very name conjures headlines of seismology and Richter scales, of outer space and underwater exploration, of Einstein, Oppenheimer, Pauling and other marquee names in physics and

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