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His 1905 paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" contained his special Theory of Relativity

Around 1850 Helmholtz clocked impulses moving along these body parts at about 90 feet per second

"Psychopathia Sexualis" author Krafft-Ebing found the link between this disease & the mental decay called paresis

Nicolaier produced this disease in animals by injecting then with soil, & maybe watching their little jaws lock

University prof Michael Mastlin sold young Johannes Kepler on this Copernican theory

Max Born taught this subject at the University of Gottingen & won a Nobel Prize in it

In 1891 Brucia, the 323rd asteroid discovered, was unique as it was the first one found by using these

In 1879 after 1000s of failures Edison found a simple scorched cotton thread worked best as one of these

Lavoisier was one of the men on the committee that came up with this measurement system in 1790s France

In the 1780s William Herschel determined its axial inclination & found it had ice caps