Larry Lagerstrom: Einstein's miracle year

Einstein's miracle year

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. [Directed by Oxbow Creative, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Debbie Miller].

In 1905, a young patent clerk stunned the scientific world by publishing four groundbreaking papers that redefined physics. Working six days a week at the Swiss patent office, he challenged the very nature of light, proved atoms' existence, unveiled special relativity, and revealed E=mc^2. Each idea transformed core assumptions about reality, paving the way for quantum mechanics and modern technology. His extraordinary achievements proved that world-changing breakthroughs can arise from the most unlikely places.