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On the 6 June 1930, Professor Albert Einstein visited the university to give a lecture.
Einstein wrote out his equations on a blackboard during his visit, he also signed the corner once he had finished. The board is now preserved within the university.
Another preserved blackboard exists in Oxford, but ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’s is the only signed example in existence. 50 years after Einstein’s visit, the Vice-Chancellor received a letter from a student returning a piece of chalk that Einstein had used to write on the board, which he had taken after the talk. The chalk is now safely back in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and remains in the university’s Manuscripts and Special Collections.
Have you seen the blackboard? Do you have a hidden gem that you’d like to share with us?
Let us know by emailing supportus@nottingham.ac.uk