no ▁( then ▁Imperial ▁Russia ), ▁Wein stein ▁translated ▁James ▁C ler k ▁Max well ' s ▁Tre at ise ▁on ▁Electric ity ▁and ▁Mag net ism ▁into ▁German ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 , ▁and ▁taught ▁courses ▁on ▁elect rod ynam ics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Berlin . ▁ ▁While ▁teaching ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Physics ▁in ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Berlin , ▁Wein stein ▁associated ▁with ▁Max ▁Plan ck , ▁Emil ▁du ▁Bo is - Re ym ond , ▁Hermann ▁von ▁Hel m hol tz , ▁Ernst ▁Pr ings heim , ▁Sr ., ▁Wilhelm ▁Wien , ▁Carl ▁A . ▁Pa al z ow ▁of ▁the ▁Techn ische ▁Hoch schule ▁in ▁Berlin ▁Charlot ten burg , ▁August ▁K und t , ▁Werner ▁von ▁S iem ens , ▁the olog ian ▁Ad olph ▁von ▁S iem ens , ▁historian ▁The odor ▁M om ms en , ▁and ▁German ic ▁phil ologist ▁Wilhelm ▁Sch erer . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁of ▁Ein stein ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁relativ ity ▁▁ ▁Wein stein ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁phys ic ists ▁to ▁reject ▁and ▁critic ize ▁Albert ▁Ein stein ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁relativ ity , ▁cont ending ▁that ▁" general ▁relativ ity ▁had ▁removed ▁gravity ▁from ▁its ▁earlier ▁isolated ▁position ▁and ▁made ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁" world ▁power " ▁cont rolling ▁all ▁laws ▁of ▁nature ," ▁and ▁warning ▁that ▁" physics ▁and ▁mathematics ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁re vised ." ▁It ▁was ▁Wein stein ' s ▁writ ings , ▁and ▁their ▁impact ▁driving ▁public ▁sentiment