The Annus mirabilis papers were a series of papers that Einstein published in 1905 and helped propel him to fame within the Physics community. These papers concerned Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, special relativity, and ____________? general relativity false blackbody radiation false corrections to Planck's equations false mass-energy equivalence true Single In what country did Einstein work as a patent clerk during his youth? Austria false Germany false Switzerland true United States false Single Fill in the blanks. According to the First Postulate of Einstein's theory of special relativity, the laws of Physics are __________________the inertial frame of reference. the same regardless of true varies with false able to change false only operational within false Single What is the approximate speed of light in a vacuum? 3.0 x 10₆ m/s false 3.0 x 10₈ m/s true 3.0 x 10₉ m/s false 3.0 x 10₁₂ m/s false Single As a person approaches the speed of light, the flow of time in their perspective slows down. This effect is known as time ______? delay false dilation true deceleration false travel false Single In Einstein's famous E = mc2 equation, c stands for? Coulomb constant false Catalan's constant false the charge of an electron false the speed of light in a vacuum true Single In the Minkowski model of the universe, the latter consists of four dimensions, the fourth one being __________. width false height false length false time true Single In 1919, two groups of astronomers organized an expedition to observe a solar eclipse to verify one of the predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity. One of the two parties observed from Eastern Brazil while the other party observed the eclipse from the country now known today as? Equatorial Guinea false Senegal false Cameroon false Sao Tome e Principe true Single The silhouette of the black hole at the center of what galaxy was imaged directly for the first time? M87 true Small Magellanic Cloud false Large Magellanic Cloud false Andromeda false Single For their roles in the detection of gravitational waves, Kip Thorne, Barry Barish, and Rainier Weiss were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in what year? 1987 false 1997 false 2007 false 2017 true Single