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A new online archive hosted by Hebrew University will allow the world to access 80,000 of Albert Einstein’s documents, manuscripts, and letters:

The enhanced website “sheds light on every aspect of Einstein’s life and on his times,” the first half of the 20th century, the director of the university’s Einstein Center told The Times on Monday.

And it’s not only science, but also personal correspondence that may make readers consider Einstein in a new light.

With 80,000 documents “now listed, categorized, cross-linked and cross-referenced online,” according to professor Hanoch Gutfreund, readers have a “panoramic view of the scope of topics and issues in which Einstein was involved.”

There’s a letter to Einstein’s 24-year-old mistress, among other lovers; a postcard to his sick mother; even mail about his wild hairdo.

Einstein kept a missive from a 6-year-old girl that reads, in part: “I saw your picture in the paper. I think you ought to have your hair cut, so you can look better.”

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