Frank L. H. Wolfs
Department of
Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Slide 6
Einstein's
Life:
The miraculous year 1905.
The miraculous year 1905.
¥Einstein published three papers in 1905 that
fundamentally changed our understanding of physics:
¥March 1905: Einstein showed that the
photoelectric effect can be understood if we assume that light consists of
discreet quanta.
¥May 1905: Einstein proposed a way to
test the kinetic energy theory of heat by observing Brownian motion.
¥June 1905: Einstein showed that the
electro-magnetic theory and ordinary motion are connected. His new theory was called the special
theory of relativity.
"I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that
phenomenon, the the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know his thoughts; the rest are details."
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Jewish
National & University Library, The Hebrew
University
of Jerusalem, Israel.