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Albert Einstein: The Size and Existence of Atoms

2012-03-14

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How do we know atoms exist? And just how big are they?

Pi day (3.14) is Albert Einstein's Birthday! To celebrate, we'll explain 4 of his most groundbreaking papers from 1905, when he was just 26 years old.

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Thanks to Nima Doroud and Alex Yale for contributions and to Perimeter Institute for support. Created by Henry Reich