The Death News of Albert Einstein

P Albert Einstein, who became internationally famous at 26 for his theory of relativity, died Monday after a four-day illness. The 76-year-old world-acclaimed scientist died at Princeton Hospital at 1:15 a.m. of a rupture of the main artery of the body caused by hardening of the arteries. A man who shunned publicity, Einstein had entered the hospital Friday. Only his intimates knew he was ill. His death first was attributed to a gallbladder condition, but an autopsy showed differently. 

The shy, white-haired scholar was credited with making possible the atomic bomb by disclosing a small quantity of matter could produce vast amounts of energy. Einstein was probably the foremost theoretical mathematician and physicist in the world. As recently as 1950, he published a monumental mathematical treatise, the unified field theory. 

This was hailed as a daring tire of mathematics that sought to describe the forces of the universe in a set of equations. At the time of his death, Einstein was a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, comprised of world-famous scholars and headed by Dr. Robert Oppenheimer. 

During his late years, he was outspoken in many causes and far removed from the realm of theoretical physics. On several occasions, he advised witnesses called before the congressional subversive investigations committee that they had a duty to refuse to answer questions.

 

 

Leaflets of Philippine Botany

Mention of N. sibuyanensis in a 1911 issue of Leaflets of Philippine Botany. Forests clear up to 5000 feet altitude, the upper forests becoming low stocky trees. Along this ridge, I was obliged to cut my own trail to nearly the uppermost apparently insurmountable central summit mass. I believe by making a camp at 4500 feet, a small mountaineering party can make it to the summit. Possibly a little reconnoitering will be necessary before a passable course can be found. All water for camping purposes must be taken along from the valley. My exploration work was therefore confined to the lower region, chiefly along the two already mentioned rivers. 

The vegetation along these rivers proved exceedingly interesting to me, because of its diversity. The Pauala River proved by far the most interesting and novel. This is mainly due to part of the summit vegetation having been washed down and disseminated as botanical floats along its course. Such evident examples are Vaccinium gitingensis Elm., Nepenthes sibuyanensis Elm. and Decaspermun grandiflora Elm. Along this same river were found quantities of Xanthostemon verdugo- nianus Naves which was never seen along the Patoo river. 

The fig flora of Sibuyan is poor and disappointing. Likewise, the ferns, orchids, mosses and palms. Yet otherwise, I am surprised at its novel character, many groups run over fifty percent new, and the writer is certain that there are still remaining many unknown species in the unexplored dense stocky forest region above 5000 feet elevation. The study of my collection brought out very strongly the close relationship of the Sibuyan flora to that of the flora on the east coast of Luzon along the Pacific ocean, especially from Atimonan to Casiguran of Tayabas province.