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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- What is the Archimedes Palimpsest?
“The Archimedes Palimpsest is a medieval prayer book written over lost works by Archimedes, and it sold for $2 million in 1998.”
Reference: Walters Art Museum
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What is the Eureka story?
According to legend, Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" when he realized in the bathtub how to test whether a king's crown was pure gold.
What did Einstein win the Nobel Prize for?
Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the photoelectric effect, not for his theory of relativity.