Einstein ultimately received a Nobel Prize for this work. This paper discussed the photoelectric effect (electrons can be ejected from a material if a sufficiently energetic beam is focused on the material) and demonstrated how observations of the phenomena could be explained by postulating that light is composed of discrete packets or quanta whose energy is determined by the frequency of the ray.
The first article to be published was Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunk (June 9, 1905).
ROBERT LIBERACE PEN AND INK DEMO SERIES
This series of articles is often referred to as the Annus Mirabilis (extraordinary or miracle year) papers - reflecting their enormous impact on several key areas of modern physics. In 1905, during his now famous stint in the patent office, Albert Einstein published four articles in the scientific journal Annalen der Physik. Purportedly penned by one William Herman and published in 1877, the book was a hugely successful hoax that argued for the abolition of the waltz because the dance was a "dark vortex, within whose treacherous embrace so many sweet young souls have been whirled to perdition." Less well known is a work written by Bierce and his co-conspirator, Thomas A.
Known to many as "Bitter" Bierce, he is now perhaps best known for his much-anthologized short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and his satiric book of definitions known as The Devil's Dictionary. There are many kinds of dances, but all those requiring the participation of the two sexes have two characteristics in common: they are conspicuously innocent, and warmly loved by the guilty." - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's DictionaryĪmbrose Bierce was an American journalist, literary critic, and satirist during the end of the 19th century. i.: To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms about your neighbor’s wife or daughter. The artist suggests to Brown that practice is a sure-fire way to develop his skills and signs off with a little sketch of his own.
ROBERT LIBERACE PEN AND INK DEMO TRIAL
One of Brown's self-bound trial notebooks contains a letter from a comic artist from the Boston Post, which appears to be in response to an earlier inquiry from Brown regarding mail-order drawing instruction. He served for 29 years.īut, here at Rauner, our favorite thing about this collection (besides Brown's enthusiastic desire to keep incredibly detailed and organized documentation of his life) was his budding interest in court sketching. Attwill in 1915, Brown was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1918. District Attorney in 1912 and Assistant to Attorney General Henry C. After being appointed as the Middlesex Co. After Dartmouth, Judge Brown went on to marry Margaret Tucker, daughter of President Tucker in 1903 and graduated Harvard Law. The papers document Brown's career as a judge on the Massachusetts Supreme Court and his lifelong relationship with Dartmouth, including a few diaries and photo albums of his four-years as a student.
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