Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Einstein Centenary

In Bern, Switzerland, during the year 1905, Albert Einstein (1879-1955) had five pioneering papers on physics.

In September 1905 was a small paper...an afterthought...almost a footnote...that would change world history.

A little known fact about Einstein's 1905 paper is that he didn't actually write E=mc²; he wrote the mathematically equivalent (though less euphonious) m=E/c², placing greater emphasis on creating "mass" from 'energy' (as in the joust) than on creating "energy" from 'mass' (as in nuclear weapons and power stations).

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