How Mushrooms Led Einstein to E=mc²
Early 20th Century

How Mushrooms Led Einstein to E=mc²

A reclusive Swiss patent clerk spent his lunch breaks gathering wild mushrooms—and there found the equation that would split the atom.

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SwitzerlandPhysicsPatent OfficeTheoretical ScienceAtomic TheoryEarly 20th CenturyAmateur NaturalismScientific DiscoveryNuclear Physics

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