Scientists judged the discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton to be the true wonders of 1666. Scientists, however, soon adopted the term to describe the same year for quite different reasons. The term annus mirabilis was originally the title of a John Dryden poem about the sensational events that took place in 1666, namely London's endurance through the great fire, Britain's recovery after the great plague, and the victory of the British fleet over the Dutch. But what defines a wonder year? What exactly did Einstein do that was so wondrous? And why is E=mc2 Einstein's most famous legacy of 1905? Indeed, there have only been two such wonder years in the history of science, and Albert Einstein experienced one of them in 1905. Not every physicist has an annus mirabilis. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataĮ=mc2: a biography of the world's most famous equation /ġ. Photograph of Einstein on title page from the Leo Baeck Institute/ Archive Photos This edition published in 2005.ĭistributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.įirst published in the United States of America in 2000 by
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