2005/07/15 by Norbert Straumann, Straumann, Norbert
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0507118
24 pages, Kepler Lecture in Tuebingen, in german
arxiv created 2005/07/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Einstein's contributions to statistical mechanics and quantum theory are reviewed. We also provide a detailed discussion of his thesis on suspensions that led to a good value of the Avogadro number.