Einstein’s letters ‘show other side of the story’

When he wasn’t busy scribbling out the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein seems to have spent a fair amount of time writing letters involving topics such as God, his son’s geometry studies, even a little toy steam engine an uncle gave him when he was a boy.

The Einstein Letters, which include more than two dozen missives, were up for sale late last night at the California-based auction house Profiles in History.

Some were in English and others in German. Some were done in longhand, others on typewriters.