Episode 5: Roni Grosz, curator of the Albert Einstein Archives




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Summary: For more than a decade, Dr. Roni Grosz has served as curator of the Albert Einstein Archives, bequeathed by the Nobel Prize winner to Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In that capacity, Grosz oversees the largest collection of Einstein related material in the entire world. Visitors can see and touch the actual books that lined Einstein's home. There are thousands of documents, unfinished math equations, drafts of lectures, not to mention the many letters Einstein received during his lifetime – from dignitaries like President Roosevelt to questions sent to him by children all around the world. In today's episode, we travel to the campus of Hebrew University to chat with Dr. Grosz about what it's like to take care of the legacy of the world's favorite genius. For complete show notes from today's episode, please visit www.ourfriendfromisrael.com.