Original title: foreign media: Einstein's theory of relativity manuscript sold at a high price of 11.6 million euros
According to Agence France Presse in Paris, Einstein's manuscript of relativity was sold at an auction in Paris on the 23rd local time for 11.6 million euros (about US $13.03 million), setting a record. It is the most valuable manuscript of the talented scientist that has been auctioned so far.
It is reported that the 54 page document sold on the 23rd was personally written by Einstein, his colleague and close friend and Swiss engineer Michel Besso in Zurich, Switzerland.
Christie's auction house said it was due to Besso's preservation of the manuscript for future generations. Christie's said it was "almost a miracle" because the German born genius himself was unlikely to keep the working paper he thought was simple. (compiled by Ji Qinwei)