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| Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. 18th of April 1955 ) produced a | | Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. 18th of April 1955 ) produced a |
| number of very important contributions to the field | | number of very important contributions to the field |
| of [[statistical mechanics]]. Perhaps the single most important one | | of statistical mechanics. Perhaps the single most important one |
| was his ''annus mirabilis'' (1905) description of [[Brownian motion]] | | was his annus mirabilis (1905) description of Brownian motion |
| in terms of [[diffusion]]. Recipient of the [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/index.html Nobel prize in physics in 1921]. | | in terms of diffusion. Recipient of the [[Nobel Prize]] in physics in 1921. |
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| ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| *[[Diffusion]] | | *[[Diffusion]] |
| *[[Stokes-Einstein relation]]
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| *[[Einstein crystal]]
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| ==References==
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| #Abraham Pais "Subtle is the lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein" Oxford University Press, USA (2005). ISBN-10: 0192806726. ISBN-13: 978-0192806727
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| ==Publications list==
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| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19023141007 A. Einstein "Kinetische Theorie des Wärmegleichgewichtes und des zweiten Hauptsatzes der Thermodynamik", Annalen der Physik '''9''' pp. 417-433 (1902)]
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| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19033160510 A. Einstein "Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik", Annalen der Physik '''11''' pp. 170-187 (1903)]
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| ''Annus mirabilis'' papers:
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| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053220607 A. Einstein "Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt", Annalen der Physik '''17''' pp. 132-148 (1905)]
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| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053220806 A. Einstein "Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen", Annalen der Physik '''17''' pp. 549-560 (1905)]
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| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004 A. Einstein "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper", Annalen der Physik '''17''' pp. 891-921 (1905)]
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| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053231314 A. Einstein "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?", Annalen der Physik '''18''' pp. 639-641 (1905)]
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| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/andp.19063240204 A. Einstein "Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen", Annalen der Physik '''19''' pp. 289-306 (1906)]
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| == External links == | | == External links == |
| *[http://lorentz.phl.jhu.edu/AnnusMirabilis/ The annus mirabilis papers] | | *[http://lorentz.phl.jhu.edu/AnnusMirabilis/ page on the annus mirabilis papers] |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein entry in Wikipedia ] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein page on Albert Einstein in wikipedia ] |
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