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The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file

In 1905 Einstein's Brownian-motion paper was a public atom-evidence file.

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In 1905 Einstein's Brownian-motion paper was a public atom-evidence file. Perrin's later measurements are not this paper. Albert Einstein's documented role is: He published a statistical account of Brownian motion. Perrin later measured; Einstein wrote the 1905 paper.

Context

Annalen printed. Sharing the statistical method with that journal is required. The setting of The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file is the public file around 1905-05-01. Contribution type is direct. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file are separate paths.

Why it matters

Improving path from The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file on 1905-05-01. A public atom-evidence paper is an education path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

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  • Albert Einstein

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.48 · verified

    He published a statistical account of Brownian motion. Perrin later measured; Einstein wrote the 1905 paper.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

No public driver impacts are listed for this fact.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Einstein Papers Project — 1905 photoelectric paper as later public editionPrinceton University Press / EPP · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Einstein, patent officeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Einstein Papers Project — 1905 Brownian paper at https://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/ (opens in a new tab) (Princeton University Press / EPP). Independent locator: Britannica — Einstein, Brownian motion at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Einstein (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Einstein Papers Project — 1905 Brownian paper (https://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/ (opens in a new tab); Princeton University Press / EPP). Independent carrier: Britannica — Einstein, Brownian motion (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Einstein (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file under 1905-05-01 for Albert Einstein. Established: a sourced public record of The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file under 1905-05-01.

Shared responsibility is part of The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file. Naming Albert Einstein does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1905-05-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

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No causal path is recorded: this fact is not linked to a driver.

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Factrail. (2026). The 1905 Brownian-motion paper is a dated public atom-evidence file. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ein-brownian-1905

https://factrail.ai/facts/ein-brownian-1905

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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