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For the first time Einstein's papers from the year 1905, the year that established him as the world's leading physicist, are presented in an accessible format and translated into modern day English.
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<TABLE><TR><TD> <TD>Foreword <TR><TD>Pt. 1 <TD>Einstein's Dissertation on the Determination of Molecular Dimensions <TR><TD>Paper 1 <TD>A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions <TR><TD>Pt. 2 <TD>Einstein on Brownian Motion <TR><TD>Paper 2 <TD>On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat <TR><TD>Pt. 3 <TD>Einstein on the Theory of Relativity <TR><TD>Paper 3 <TD>On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies <TR><TD>Paper 4 <TD>Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on Its Energy Content? <TR><TD>Pt. 4 <TD>Einstein's Early Work on the Quantum Hypothesis <TR><TD>Paper 5 <TD>On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light
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John Stachel is Professor of Physics Emeritus at Boston University, where he directs the Center for Einstein Studies. Roger Penrose is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and holds a regular visiting appointment at the Pennsylvania State University, where he is Francis R. Penz and Helen M. Penz Distinguished Professor of Physics and Mathematics.