1905.
One hundred years ago.
That was the year ideas exploded across Albert Einstein’s brain that would revolutionize modern physics.
In one year he wrote five papers that shook the foundations of science like nothing since Isaac Newton’s similar miraculous year two and a half centuries earlier.
Among other things, he proved the existence of atoms in one of these
papers–something that was still debated up to that point.
If you’ve ever wanted a chance to have a brief, understandabl tutorial in Einstein’s thought and its significance,
THIS IS IT.
Author: Jimmy Akin
Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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Microsoft beefs up push to small businesses
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..and his kindergarden teacher thought he was retarded.
(i was told this by a teacher a long time ago, who knows if it’s actually true, but i’d like to think it is.)