What was Einstein's miracle year?
In 1905, often called Albert Einstein's "miracle year," he published four groundbreaking papers, including special relativity and the idea behind E=mc².
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- Did Alan Turing write a chess program?
“Alan Turing wrote one of the first chess programs, which he had to run by hand.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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