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Annus mirabilis papers, an Uncommon card
The annus mirabilis papers are four papers that Albert Einstein published in the scientific journal Annalen der Physik in 1905.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 75,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Annus mirabilis papers quiz: 3 questions
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Find the missing word
They revolutionized science's understanding of the ______ concepts of space, time, mass, and energy.
Answer
fundamental. They revolutionized science's understanding of the fundamental concepts of space, time, mass, and energy. From the Annus mirabilis papers article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The annus mirabilis papers are four papers that Albert Einstein published in the scientific journal Annalen der Physik in ____.
Answer
1900s. The annus mirabilis papers are four papers that Albert Einstein published in the scientific journal Annalen der Physik in 1905. From the Annus mirabilis papers article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Annus mirabilis papers. Annus mirabilis papers 75,000 · Astrophysical jet 58,000 · Bedding 39,000 · Euclidean plane 29,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- As major contributions to the foundation of modern physics, these scientific publications were the ones for which he gained fame among physicists.
- They revolutionized science's understanding of the fundamental concepts of space, time, mass, and energy.
- The first paper explained the photoelectric effect, which established the energy of the light quanta E = h f, and was the only specific discovery mentioned in the citation awarding Einstein the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Why it is Uncommon
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Annus mirabilis papers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lucien Chavan [ 1 ] (1868 - 1942), a friend of Einstein's when he was living in Berne., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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