Even 140 years after his birth, Albert Einstein’s scientific discoveries still inspire and impact our lives. A unique exhibit with original materials belonging to Einstein opened on August 2nd at the World Expo Museum in Shanghai, displaying two pages of the manuscript of the Theory of General Relativity.

(Pages 2 and 3 of the manuscript of the Theory of General Relativity)

Called “Albert Einstein: Life in Four Dimensions”, the exhibition features 133 exhibits housed in the Albert Einstein Archives of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Amid the 86 original materials are two pages of the great scientist’s General Theory of Relativity manuscript.

Exhibitions themed around Albert Einstein have always been sought after across the world. Shanghai is the first stop of the China debut of “Albert Einstein: Life in Four Dimensions”. Speaking of why they chose Shanghai as the first stop, it is very clear that Einstein came to Shanghai twice and there are many anecdotes and stories about his stays in the city, said Hanoch Gutfreund, academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives.

(Einstein’s Nobel Prize medal)

Back in 1922, Einstein and his wifeElsa, embarked on a five-and-a-half-month voyage to the Far East and Middle East. During that time, theystopped by Shanghai twice.

One of the two titans of modern physics, Einstein had friendships with many respected Chinese figures like revolutionary educator Cai Yuanpei, social activist Soong Ching Ling, and theoretical physicist ShuXingbei. Letters of correspondence between Einstein and his Chinese friends are also on display.