"The idea is amusing and enticing," wrote Einstein, "but whether the Almighty is…leading me up the garden path—that I cannot know." He was too modest. The idea that mass could be transformed ...

“The idea is amusing and enticing,” wrote Einstein, “but whether the Almighty is ... leading me up the garden path—that I cannot know.” He was too modest. The idea that mass could be ...

The pair were passing through from Pasadena, California, on their way to New York. Einstein was greeted by pacifists and he delivered a speech saying how brave are those resisting war.