Einstein's miracle year - Larry Lagerstrom

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.

Lesson by Larry Lagerstrom, animation by Oxbow Creative.

[jadjouds]

I fail to comprehend how one person could produce theories on such diverse subjects within the scope of one year... i just turned 26, i feel lucky i survived till this age :P

[jayeshjain]

those animation were so fluid and beautiful . Kudos to the maker. I wanna take a moment and appreciate the animators craft of putting thoughts in to images. I am really fond of such explanation and totally loved it. Well done.

[quellavenix]

*makes 3 papers*

"Aw dammit fine we give up!"

Him: "oh btw E=MC^2

[jefftkey]

I love how 26 year old Einstein has gray hair.

[HashimWarren]

No matter what last year was like, this year could be your breakthrough. Like Einstein in 1905.

[vedantkhanna]

He published 5 papers in 1905, the most cited paper in his time was one where he calculated the size of molecules which was useful to many theories and experiments in that age. Today, it is overshadowed by his other groundbreaking papers but even alone it would have been enough to put him in many physics books.

[MickyVideo]

In this video, Einstein looks so cute.

[CybeargPlays]

As a 26-year-old who has done nothing of consequence in life, I feel significantly inadequate, now.

Oh, well. *pops on some cat videos*

[RaymondWong]

4 legendary papers in a year. absolutely amazing.

[felmuretoown]

Imagine bringing Einstein back to life today and witness the things he would uncover with today's technology.

[kyungiebaby]

Einstein on september 1905: "oh, and by the way...."

[darkenergylambda]

I take pride in saying I'm a physicist and I use Einstein's theories everyday.

[sgtsnakeeyes]

its absolutely incredible how brilliant he was.

[TheUglyPrimadonna]

He accomplished more within a year than most people manage to accomplish in a lifetime

[phish]

I love watching videos/documentaries on Einstein’s theories. I can’t understand any of them really (I wish I could), but I still find them fascinating

[lloydaran]

It's mind-blowing how one genius managed to shatter our understanding of reality, to the point that we owe him an incalculable amount of discoveries and technologies, as of today, and his theories still perfectly predict so many phenomena.

[dustichux]

One time, I went to Micro Center, and they had a bunch of famous scientists on banners on the wall. They all had their names printed on them. Except Einstein. I looked over at my mom and I was like, "Ha, they don't even need his name on that one." Damn. What a boss.

[mincao]

TED-Ed, perfect combination of science and art.

[Anders]

Einstein is my idol and my inspiration!
Excellent video! 

[underscoredfrisk]

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