Did You Know? Albert Einstein published four amazing papers in 1905, the year known as his “Annus Mirabilis” (Latin, “Miraculous Year”). The third was received for publication on June 30. In it he proposed his special theory of relativity. Despite this being much more important than his work on the photoelectric effect, it was too controversial, and he won the Nobel Prize for the latter rather than special relativity. LEARN MORE.
