Evening star., 1936-03-05
E|NSTE|N DELIVERS.
BAD Boy LECTURE.
Strives for "Rea|ity" in
Talk Scheduled for
Last May.
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,

BY HOWARD w. bLAhEcLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.
PHILADELPHIA. March 5.-Gravi-
tation and electricity combine to form
solid matter, Prof. Albert Einstein de-
clared last night in an 1l,000-word
article designed to put reality into
the great mysteries Of the science OF
physics.
Free invention" of explanations Of
these mysteries. he held, is the only
logical system to arrive at the long
sought truths.
His explanation Of the origin Of
matter is a development of his theory
of electrical bridges between shells Of
space announced about year ago.
Delayed Speech.
Prof. Einstein's article last night is
the speech he was expected to make
last May, when he was a bad boy"
and told the Franklin Institute he had
nothing to say on the occasion Of
presentation of a gold medal by the
institute
Einstein's speech had been widely
advertised, distinguished audience
sat waiting to hear it. with no init
nation that he was unprepared, until
the moment for him to speak.
1t was announced that his speech
would be written later and published
as an article" in the proceedings of
the journal Of the institute. The
IL .000-word article Is the result-its
subject Physics and Reality"
EinStein traces mans attempts to
solve the riddle of matter and grayita-
ton since the Greeks
Lately "causality," or cause and ef-
feet, have seemed about to disappear
in the wonderland of the atomic world
Of physics. But Einstein in this article
says that by observation of realities,
coupled with daring imagination,
physicists will find logical solutions.
Sketches Example.
As one example he sketches the
troubles raised by quantum mechanics.
the most brilliant of recent physical
discoveries. Quantum mechanics show,
and experiments have proven, that
energy is not continuous, but somehow
made of particles.
But, Einstein says, no one has shown
how the steps between these particles
of energy are made; for example.
when hot iron cools, its heat is given
off in particles, or steps. and no one
knows what happens between these
steps.
He cites the Schrodinger mathe-
matics as explaining that these steps
90 actually occur, by statistics which
mask any idea of what the individual
steps may be.
But now I ask" he writes. "is there
really any physicist who believes that
We shall never get any inside view Of
these important alterations in the sin
gle systems, in their structures and in
their casual connections. and this re-
gardless Of the fact that these single
happenings have been brought so close
to us, thanks to the marvellous inven-
tions of the Wilson chamber and the
Geiger counter?
ITO believe this is logically possible
without contradiction; but it is also so
very contrary to my scientific instinct
that cannot forego the search for a
more complete conception.
There is no doubt that quantum
mechanics has seized hold of very
beautiful element of truth. However,
I do not believe quantum mechanics
will be the starting point in the search
for this basis"
Proposes Explanation.
Einstein then proposes his explana-
ton. He uses the relativity theory to
account for the theory of corpuscles
of matter, which he originally an
nounced with Rosen of Princeton.
The mathematical solutions, he
says, show physical space as consist
ing of two identical shells connected
by a bridge This bridge is cor
puscle, a material particle, something
made of electricity and gravitation.
The mathematics, he states, solves
correctly for one bridge" or single
neutral particle, that is, with no elec-
trical charge. But not yet for "sev-
eral bridges" something necessary to
account for the complexities OF
matter.
"only the examination of the