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Einstein’s

Miraculous Year

Five Papers That Changed

the Face of Physics

EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY

John Stachel

WITH THE A S S I S T A N C E OF

Trevor Lipscombe, Alice Calaprice,

and Sam Elworthy

AND

WITH A FOREWORD B Y

Roger Penrose

PRINCETON U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S

Copyright © 1998 by Princeton University Press

Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street,

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Einstein’s miraculous year : five papers that changed the

face of physics / edited and introduced by John Stachel ;

with the assistance of Trevor Lipscombe,

Alice Calaprice, Sam Elworthy ;

with a foreword by Roger Penrose.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-691-05938-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Physics—History—20th century. 2. Einstein, Albert,

1879–1955. I. Stachel, John J., 1928– .

QC7.E52 1998

530.1—dc21 97-48441

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CONTENTS

PART ONE

Einstein’s Dissertation on the Determination of

Molecular Dimensions 29

Paper 1. A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions 45

PART TWO

Einstein on Brownian Motion 71

Paper 2. On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in

Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic

Theory of Heat 85

PART THREE

Einstein on the Theory of Relativity 99

Paper 3. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies 123

Paper 4. Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on Its

Energy Content? 161

PART FOUR

Einstein’s Early Work on the Quantum Hypothesis 165

Paper 5. On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the

Production and Transformation of Light 177