Supplements
2005: Year of physics
Vol. 434, No. 7031 pp293-324
In this supplement
Introduction
Year of physics: A celebration
doi:10.1038/433213a
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Commentary
1905 and all that
JOHN STACHEL
How Einstein claimed his place in the changing landscape of physics during his annus mirabilis.
doi:10.1038/433215a
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Essay
Einstein as icon-
JOHN D. BARROW
How Einstein became the personification of physics.
doi:10.1038/433218a
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Concept
Brownian motion
GIORGIO PARISI
"I did not believe that it was possible to study the Brownian motion with such a precision." From a letter from Albert Einstein to Jean Perrin (1909).
doi:10.1038/433221a
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Progress article
In and out of equilibrium
J. KURCHAN
doi:10.1038/nature03278
Quantum criticality-
PIERS COLEMAN AND ANDREW J. SCHOFIELD
doi:10.1038/nature03279
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Review article
Happy centenary, photon
ANTON ZEILINGER, GREGOR WEIHS, THOMAS JENNEWEIN & MARKUS ASPELMEYER
doi:10.1038/nature03280
In search of symmetry lost
FRANK WILCZEK
doi:10.1038/nature03281
The state of the Universe
PETER COLES
doi:10.1038/nature03282
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Endgame
A theory of everything?-
In his later years, Einstein sought a unified theory that would extend general relativity and provide an alternative to quantum theory. There is now talk of a 'theory of everything' (although Einstein himself never used the phrase). Fifty years after his death, how close are we to such a theory?
doi:10.1038/433257a