LI SHU-HUA: (1890-1979) Chinese biophysicist. Manuscript D.S., Li Shu Hua, one page ...

LI SHU-HUA: (1890-1979) Chinese biophysicist. Manuscript D.S., Li Shu Hua, one page, 4to, n.p., 20^th November 1952, in French. Li responds to a researcher’s questionnaire entitled World Inquiry – Homage to Einstein, with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, in English, ‘1. What do you think of Einstein, or what do you owe to him? 2. Among the more illustrious scientists in all ages, to whom do you compare him, and what place, in your opinion, does he hold, in the future? 3. Immediately after him, would you cite the names of the six greatest Masters in Contemporary Physics, and explain the reason of your choice?’. Li provides his answers beneath, in full, ‘1. Einstein est un genie. Il est certainement le plus grand savant de nos jours. 2. Parmi les figures les plus illustrees, on peut comparer Einstein avec Newton en ce qui concerne l'enonce des grands principes qui ont revolutionne toute la science. Dans le futur Einstein occupera encore une place de premier rang parmi les fondateurs de la science. 3. Je puis citer les six grands physiciens suivants: Curie, fondateur de la Radioactivite; Plank (sic), fondateur de la theorie des quanta; Rutherford, Bohr, Fermi pour les contributions de l'etude de l'atome et du noyau atomique; Lawrence pour son invention du cyclotron qui a rendu l'etude plus facile de desintegrations des noyaux atomiques’ (Translation: ‘1. Einstein is a genius. He is certainly the greatest scientist of our days. 2. Among the most illustrated figures, we can compare Einstein with Newton with regard to the statement of the great principles which revolutionised all science. In the future Einstein will still occupy a leading place among the founders of science. 3. I can cite the following six great physicists: Curie, founder of Radioactivity; Plank (sic) founder of quantum theory; Rutherford, Bohr, Fermi for contributions to the study of the atom and the atomic nucleus; Lawrence for his invention of the cyclotron which made it easier to study the decays of atomic nuclei’). Some creasing, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, otherwise about VG

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921.