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I'm missing a lot of historical context, so - what exactly happened in 1905? Was there a myriad of major scientific discoveries?

• fragmede 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_in_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_in_science
• fouc 3y ago
  > Over four months, March through June 1905, Albert Einstein produced four papers that revolutionized science. One explained how to measure the size of molecules in a liquid, a second posited how to determine their movement, and a third described how light comes in packets called photons—the foundation of quantum physics and the idea that eventually won him the Nobel Prize. A fourth paper introduced special relativity, leading physicists to reconsider notions of space and time that had sufficed since the dawn of civilization. Then, a few months later, almost as an afterthought, Einstein pointed out in a fifth paper that matter and energy can be interchangeable at the atomic level specifically, that E=mc2, the scientific basis of nuclear energy and the most famous mathematical equation in history. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-year-of-albert-einstein-75841381/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-year-of-al...