Editorial: Ann. Phys. 3/2006

✍ Scribed by U. Eckern

• Book ID: 101483164
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 29 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-3804
• DOI: 10.1002/andp.200690001

✦ Synopsis

Dear reader

A year ago we -Friedrich Hehl and I -formulated the following: "The year 2005 . . . implies for Annalen der Physik -the journal in which most of Einstein's seminal ideas were published -the definite obligation to celebrate in 2005, one hundred years later, his work and his impact on physics." This indeed we did, with the special issue (1-3/2005) Commemorating Albert Einstein, with nine contributions which relate Einstein's achievements to modern research, as well as with the supplementary issue Einstein's Annalen Papers (also available in book form), featuring four articles, which examine Einstein's contributions from a historical point of view, and including facsimiles of all 49 Einstein Annalen papers. Furthermore, a noteworthy special issue (9-10/2005) was dedicated to our respected colleague Bernhard Mühlschlegel, editor of Annalen der Physik in the difficult years 1992-1998, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. In addition to several "normal" articles, this year is also marked by several "specials":