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Michele and Albert had been at the Zurich

Polytechnic together, and then they worked
together at the patent office. (Albert, in fact,

helped him get the job!) Michele had an
excellent understanding of physics and was

happy to discuss it at great length with his
friend. Albert called Michele “the best sounding

board in Europe,” when it came to physics. He
even gave some suggestions that Albert

later claimed to be very helpful.
Once Albert had his theories

together, he was ready to share
them with the world through four

separate papers—and make history
at the same time.

The first of Albert’s
four groundbreaking

papers was published
in Annalen der Physik on June 9.

This paper discussed a way in

1905 was an important year for Albert’s
career in physics. He was 26 at the time.

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