Dr Faustus of Modern Physics - Department of Speech, Music and ...
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Chapter 15<br />
Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis 1905<br />
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. (Einstein)<br />
There’s a Genius in all <strong>of</strong> us...Do not worry about your problems with<br />
mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater. (Einstein)<br />
Einstein on his first job as a patent clerk in Bern signed the deal which<br />
gave him the following four wondrous articles published during his marvelous<br />
year <strong>of</strong> 1905:<br />
• Brownian motion,<br />
• photoelectric effect,<br />
• special theory <strong>of</strong> relativity,<br />
• matter <strong>and</strong> energy E = mc 2 .<br />
Einstein’s special theory <strong>of</strong> relativity are based on the following axioms:<br />
• The laws by which the states <strong>of</strong> physical systems undergo change are<br />
not affected, whether these changes <strong>of</strong> state be referred to the one or<br />
the other <strong>of</strong> two systems <strong>of</strong> co-ordinates in uniform translatory motion.<br />
• The speed <strong>of</strong> light is the same for every observer.<br />
We find here the “method” <strong>of</strong> Einstein’s magical science: The first axiom is a<br />
triviality <strong>and</strong> the second is a definition. From the triviality <strong>and</strong> the definition<br />
Einstein’s then derives startling results about the nature <strong>of</strong> time <strong>and</strong> space.<br />
Truly Mirabilis or Magical: To get more input, listen to the documentary<br />
How I See the World.<br />
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