英文原文

【英文原文】

Two pages of the original manuscript of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity were put up on display Thursday afternoon in the Israel Pavilion of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

Visiting Israeli Minister of Finance Yuval Steinitz announced the display of the pages at a ceremony marking the Jewish state's National Pavilion Day on Thursday.

The document represented the Jewish people's great achievements in science and innovations, Steinitz said.

The two pages, selected from a total of 46, contains Einstein's famous equation E=MC2 (squared) which describes the relationship between energy (E), mass (M) and the speed of light (C).

Einstein's wife Elsa donated the 46-page handwritten manuscript to the Hebrew University during its opening in 1925, four years after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.

Other exhibits displayed in the pavilion include a capsule containing a mini-camera that can be swallowed for internal medical checks before being discharged naturally, giving no pain to the patient.

During the ceremony, a set of commemorative stamps named "Israeli Innovations That Changed the World" was unveiled, featuring three Israeli innovations in the fields of agriculture, high technology and medicine.

With the theme of "Innovation for Better Life," the Israel Pavilion consists of three zones: the Whispering Garden, the Hall of Light and the Hall of Innovations.

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以爱因斯坦手稿于昨日现身世博园。作为以色列馆的镇馆之宝，这份手稿将暂留在以色列馆内，让参观者一饱眼福。

昨日，“蓝贝壳”以色列馆迎来了国家馆日，以色列财政部长尤瓦·斯坦尼茨向大家展示了以色列馆的镇馆之宝——爱因斯坦手稿。这份文本中，包含爱因斯坦亲手书写的著名相对论公式：E=MC2。

他介绍，此前这份手稿一直珍藏于希伯来大学，手稿来到上海世博会展出得到了校方许可。爱因斯坦生前曾将自己的一批重要手稿捐赠给希伯来大学，其中就包括这份文本。

尤瓦·斯坦尼茨还结合以色列的现状简述了自己对于这个公式的全新理解，“E代表了能源，M则为大批量的制造业，C就是创造和智慧。”他指出，虽然以色列缺乏能源和大规模的制造业，但却能用很强的创造能力弥补这些不足。

对于万众瞩目的手稿，斯坦尼茨笑言本打算在一周之后将手稿带回以色列，但因手稿非常引人关注，因此决定将手稿暂时留在以色列馆中。他表示将和展馆协商，务必放在一个最佳位置展出。

此外，以色列邮政公司也于昨日宣布，自当日起该国国内正式发行一套三枚“上海世博会纪念邮票”。