Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's "Miraculous Year", the World Year of Physics 2005 aims to raise worldwide public awareness for physics and physical sciences.

On this page you can read more about what Elsevier is doing during the World Year of Physics.

Papers of Albert Einstein

One of the papers of Albert Einstein, which seems to suit the World Year of Physics particularly well, is the paper titled Physik und Realität (Physics and Reality).

This paper was originally written in German in 1936 and is available electronically both in German and in English on ScienceDirect.

To read the paper in German, please click  here.
To read the paper in English, please click  here.

Selection of German books on Albert Einstein

Visit the German Elsevier website for  books on Albert Einstein.

Meet us

When visiting any major Physics related conference or exhibition, remember to drop by the Elsevier booth. There you will be able to pick up your own copy of the special World Year of Physics booklet titled Niels Bohr: Politics, Popularization and People, for free!

Elsevier will be attending the following conferences.

Special 'World Year of Physics' booklet

Read the introduction of the World Year of Physics booklet  here

Special issue of Annals of Physics

This special issue contains a cross section from the most interesting, vital developments in recent theoretical physics described by leading researchers. The articles are written in a way that is true to the depth of their subjects but accessible to a broad community of theoretical physicists.

As we begin the Year of Physics celebrating the centenary of Einstein's multiple achievements-Brownian motion, photoelectric effect, special relativity, convertibility of mass and energy-in 1905, we are reminded that breadth of vision is one key to creative achievement and that curiosity transcends borders. Please enjoy this small embodiment of that spirit. >>  Read the special issue