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| Year: 1905 | PT id = 1385, Type = structure |
Einsein's Annus Mirabilis
The annus mirabilis papers (from Latin: annus mirabilis, 'miraculous year') are four papers that Albert Einstein published in the scientific journal Annalen der Physik (Annals of Physics) in 1905. As major contributions to the foundation of modern physics, these scientific publications were the ones for which he gained fame among physicists. They revolutionised science's understanding of the fundamental concepts of space, time, mass, energy, atoms and atomic structure.
- Einstein, Albert (1905) Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt [On a Heuristic Point of View about the Creation and Conversion of Light] Annalen der Physik (in German). 17 (6): 132–148. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fandp.19053220607 English translation.
The first paper explained the photoelectric effect, which established the energy of the light quanta, E = hf or E = hν (depending upon context), where h = Planck's constant. This was the only specific discovery mentioned in the citation awarding Einstein the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Einstein, Albert (1905) Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen [Investigations on the theory of Brownian Movement] Annalen der Physik (in German). 322 (8): 549–560. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fandp.19053220806
The second paper explained Brownian motion, D = μkBT which compelled physicists to accept the existence of atoms.
- Einstein, Albert (30 June 1905) Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper [On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies]. Annalen der Physik (in German). 17 (10): 891–921. doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/andp.19053221004 English tranlation
The third paper introduced Einstein's special theory of relativity, which proclaims the constancy of the speed of light.
- Einstein, Albert (1905). Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig? [Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?] Annalen der Physik (in German). 18 (13): 639–641. doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/andp.19053231314 English translation
The fourth, a consequence of special relativity, developed the principle of mass–energy equivalence, expressed in the equation E = mc2, and which led to the discovery and use of nuclear power decades later.
These four papers, together with quantum mechanics and Einstein's later general theory of relativity (1916), are the foundation of modern physics.

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