Letter from Albert Einstein to Louis de Broglie - 14 April 1953

(original in English) April 14,1953 Professor Louis de Broglie 94 Rue Ferronet Neuilly s.Seine, France Dear de Broglie: I received your kind letter of April 9th and feel glad that you decided to add some remarks of your own to Bohm’s paper. This will be a beautiful occasion for me to see how you think now about the interpretation of the basis of quantum theory. But at the same time I am sorry that indirectly - without my fault - I have caused you to be troubled. You may send your contribution directly to the editor of the Born volume (Dr. Robert Schlapp, The University, Edinburgh, Scotland). No English translation will be needed, for my contribution will also be published in German. I shall also send Bohm's contribution directly to Dr.Schlapp. I do not know, of course, whether he will accept such belated contributions and especially such which are connected with the contribution of somebody else. I am mentioning this so that you may not feel annoyed if it should happen that the editor sees no possibility to print your remarks. It would be cautious, in any case, to ask him before you do the work. But even if your and Bohm's remarks could not appear in the Born volume it seems to me that it would be highly desirable that they should appear together in some place, because I know that the interest for the questions of principle is very vivid in the younger generation of physicists. The whole affair reminds me a little of the biblical tale of the Tower of Babel: "And the Lord said: Now nothing will restrain them to do what they have imagined. Let us go down and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another' s speech!" But in our case the Lord not only confounded the language but also the thoughts. So you see He has since improved his methods. With cordial regards, yours, Albert Einstein.