Einstein’s special relativity paper arrives at Annalen der Physik
JUN 30, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.030997
On this day in 1905 Albert Einstein’s paper “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper” (On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies) arrived at the editorial offices of the journal Annalen der Physik. Three months later, the paper that introduced special relativity to the world was published. The appearance of the word “electrodynamics” in the title is significant. Einstein developed a consistent physical framework that reconciled James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism with speeds approaching that of light itself.
Date in History: 30 June 1905
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