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Michele Angelo Besso (Riesbach, 25 May 1873 – Geneva, 15 March 1955) was a Swiss-Italian engineer [1] best known for working closely with Albert Einstein.
14 lis 2017 · Cataloguing the letters from Albert Einstein to his closest friend, Michele Besso, was a roller-coaster ride: intellectually exhilarating, funny, endearing — and with an unexpected conclusion. Michele Besso and Einstein first met as students in Zurich in the late 1890s, and their friendship was cemented during their time working together in ...
Einstein and his closest friend, Michele Besso. Besso helped to get Einstein a job at the Swiss patent office where he worked. He is also credited with introducing Einstein to the works of Ernst Mach, an Austrian physicist and philosopher who is noted for his contributions to physics and the study of shock waves.
Michele Besso (1873-1955) was Einstein's lifelong friend and his only acknowledged collaborator on the ground-breaking theory of Special Relativity (1905): as well as reflecting this close personal intimacy, Einstein's letters to Besso include discussions of the most important scientific concepts in Einstein's work – including special and ...
22 wrz 2023 · Michele Angelo Besso was a close friend of Albert Einstein. Besso played a role in Einstein’s development of the theory of relativity. Their friendship lasted 60 years until their deaths, a month apart.
Einstein’s best friend was a Swiss mathematician named Michele Besso. The two met in their early twenties while studying at the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich. From the moment they met, a deep bond formed between them, and they remained close friends for over five decades.
Thomas Venning, Head of Books & Manuscripts at Christie’s in London, explored Einstein’s touching correspondence and his dear friend of more than 50 years illustrated with letters written long back.
