Statue
The memorial
situated in an elm and holly grove in the southwest corner of the
National Academy of Sciences grounds, was unveiled at the Academy's
annual meeting, April 22, 1979, in honor of the centennial of the
great scientist's birth. Einstein is depicted seated on a three-step
bench of white granite. The bronze figure, weighing approximately 4
tons, is 12 feet in height. Three caissons, totaling 135 tons, sunk
in bedrock to a depth of 23 to 25 feet, support the monument.
In its left hand,
the figure holds a paper with mathematical equations summarizing
three of Einstein's most important scientific contributions: the
photoelectric effect, the theory of general relativity, and the
equivalence of energy and matter. Three quotations from Einstein are
engraved on the bench where the figure is seated:
As long as I have
any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil
liberty, tolerance, and equality of all citizens before the law
prevail.
Joy and amazement at
the beauty and grandeur of this world of which man can just form a
faint notion ...
The right to search
for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what
one has recognized to be true.
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