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Einstein's miracle year - Larry Lagerstrom

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As the year 1905 began, Albert Einstein faced life as a “failed” academic. Yet within the next twelve months, he would publish four extraordinary papers, each on a different topic, that were destined to radically transform our understanding of the universe. Larry Lagerstrom details these four groundbreaking papers.

Einstein's first "miracle year" paper, in March 1905, put forth a surprising idea. He proposed that:

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Larry Lagerstrom
  • Animator Jon Portman
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Composer Debbie Miller, Gavin Keese
  • Illustrator Alli Berry
  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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