June 12, 1950

Dear Solovine,

Enclosed herewith is the confirmation sent to Gauthier-Villars. It would be more appropriate to have the Appendix appear in the same format as in the fourth edition of the Lectures, now in preparation. The theory of gravitation has had one mistake in logic deleted and has been corrected.

I agree with you about the title which you propose to substitute for Out of My Later Years. If you have not yet received from me a copy of my book, write to me, please, and I will send you one.

Concerning the question of Statistics against Determinism, this is the way it appears: From the point of view of immediate experience there is no such thing as exact determinism. Here there is no disagreement. The question is whether or not the theoretical description of nature must be deterministic. Beyond that, the question is whether or not there exists generally a conceptual image of reality (for the isolated case), an image which is in principle completely exempt from statistics. Only on this subject do opinions differ.

With cordial regards
Your         

A. Einstein