Handwritten letter by Albert Einstein with famous E=mc2 equation sells for $1.2 million at auction
May 22, 2021 / 9:40 AM / AP Einstein s theory on happiness
A letter written by Albert Einstein in which he writes out his famous E=mc2 equation has sold at auction for more than $1.2 million, about three times more than it was expected to get, Boston-based RR Auction said Friday.
Archivists at the Einstein Papers Project at the California Institute of Technology and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem say there are only three other known examples of Einstein writing the world-changing equation in his own hand.
In this undated photograph, provided by Boston-based RR Auction, shows a letter written by Albert Einstein, in which he wrote out his famous E = mc2 equation, that sold at auction for more than $1.2 million.