Auctioned letters reveal Einstein’s views on God

A collection of letters written by Albert Einstein is set to go to auction next week, offering a new glimpse at the Nobel-winning physicist’s views on God, Mccarthyism and what was then the newly established state of Israel.

The five original letters, dated 1951 to 1954 and signed by Einstein, were sent to his colleague, quantum physicist David Bohm.

Bohm’s widow’s estate put the documents on the block after she died last year.

One of the yellowing pages, bearing Einstein’s signature and embossed seal, and a handwritten general relativity equation, opens at $8,000 (£6,326) and is expected to sell for at least twice that. In all, the collection is expected to fetch more than $20,000.

Einstein and Bohm became friends when they both worked at Princeton University.