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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Einstein 1905
Nature of Light
Atomic Theory
Special Theory of Relativity
Early Years
Mechanics F = ma
Law of Gravity
Atomic Theory
(reality of atoms)
No direct evidence
Einstein and Atomic Theory
Radiation studies
Ultraviolet Catastrophe
Planck’s Radiation Law (1900)
Mathematical artefact
Applies only to oscillators
Einstein and Light
Time interval 2 2
t (v ) t 0 / 1 v / c
Mass of a body
m(v) m0 / 1 v 2 / c 2
Implications of SR
Time is relative
Time + space = spacetime
E = mc2
Response to relativity
Controversy (1905-08)
Kaufmann experiments (1908)
Bucherer experiments (1909)
1919 Remarried
1920s Anti-semitism in Germany
Einstein’s work attacked
1930-33 Rise of Nazi Party
Hero’s Welcome
American Icon
Letter to Roosevelt (1939)
Manhattan Project