Article abstract: Einstein publishes his Special Theory of Relativity and demonstrates the inadequacy of Newtonian physics to explain key experimental results, thus inaugurating an era of revolutionary change in physical theory.
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Albert Einstein, born at Ulm in Germany in 1989, showed early precocity in mathematics and the natural sciences. After receiving a doctoral degree, he held several unsuccessful teaching posts before becoming examiner of patents at the Swiss Patent Office in Berne. He devoted his spare time to theoretical...
Source: Chronology of European History, ©1997 Salem Press, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.
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