对爱因斯坦来说,没有任何新的突破,来为他最终的几年增添光彩。他最后一次伟大的几何突破,没有任何人追随。渐渐地,他从自己已取得的物理成就中脱离出来,进入高等研究所。他再也不曾造访欧洲。他从不开车,也不搭飞机,朋友圈日益缩小,数学家哥德尔是他小小天空中最明亮的星。他再也享受不到当年在柏林时,那种单纯的知识精英间的情谊。到了晚年,他坦承,和包括妻儿在内的亲密关系都失败了。 For Einstein, there was no new breakthrough to add glory to his final years. His last great geometric breakthrough, no one to follow. Gradually, he detached himself from the physical achievements he had made and entered the Institute of Advanced Studies. He never visited Europe again. He never drives, nor does he fly, his friends circle shrinks, and mathematician Godel is the brightest star in his little sky. He could no longer enjoy the kind of pure friendship that intellectual elites had when he was in Berlin. In his later years, he admitted that his intimacy with his wife and children had failed.