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1905—a miraculous year

Jürgen Renn and Dieter Hoffmann

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The article discusses Einstein's famous papers of 1905—his miraculous year—and deals with their physical and historical context as well as their fundamental impact on modern physics. It shows that the papers are not isolated, but connected with each other by Einstein's deep-seated conviction of physical atomism and his criticism of an ether. They are concerned with specific problems that can be characterized as 'borderline problems' since they go beyond the traditional divisions between mechanics, electrodynamics, and thermodynamics.


PACS

01.65.+g History of science

03.65.-w Quantum mechanics

01.55.+b General physics

03.30.+p Special relativity

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Education and communication

Quantum information and quantum mechanics

Dates

Issue 9 (14 May 2005)

Received 15 February 2005

Published 25 April 2005



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