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Einstein’s miraculous year

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With each passing year, the young Albert Einstein’s achievements in physics in the year 1905 seem to be ever more miraculous. We describe why the centenary of this remarkable year is worthy of celebration.

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  1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India

    Vasant Natarajan

  2. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, 600 036, Chennai, India

    V. Balakrishnan

  3. Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, 560012, Bangalore, India

    N. Mukunda

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Natarajan, V., Balakrishnan, V. & Mukunda, N. Einstein’s miraculous year. Reson 10, 35–56 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02835839

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