Colloquium
April 8, 2005, 3:30 PM
Giffels Auditorium, Old Main
Dr. John Stachel
Emeritus Professor of Physics, Boston University
Director of the Center for Einstein Studies
1905: Einstein's Miraculous Year
After reviewing the state of theoretical physics that confronted Einstein at the turn of the 19th-20th century, the discussion will turn to his contributions to physics in 1905 under three headings:
- Further development of the mechanical world view through the kinetic theory of heat;
- Resolution of the conflict between classical mechanics and Maxwell's electrodynamics by development of the special theory of relativity;
- Demonstration that neither classical mechanics nor Maxwell's electrodynamics could survive confrontation with the newly-emerging quantum phenomena.
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