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The World Year of Physics 2005 was a global commemoration marking the hundredth anniversary of Albert Einstein's Miracle Year, during which he published four landmark papers. The initiative was proposed by the World Congress of Physical Societies, made official by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and endorsed by UNESCO.
2005 was chosen because it marked the centennial of Albert Einstein's Miracle Year, the period in 1905 when he published four landmark papers that drove lasting advances in physics. The commemoration also aimed to raise worldwide awareness of physics and highlight the field's role as the foundation of much of modern technology.
The Einstein Mile was an installation of sixteen large red E's erected along a section of Berlin's Unter den Linden boulevard from April to September 2005. Each letter displayed information about Einstein's theories and life.
Events during the World Year of Physics 2005 ranged from a mid-January conference in Paris to a worldwide webcast organized by CERN on the 1st of December 2005. Other celebrations included lecture series at the University of Maryland in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Einstein Symposium at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, Einstein Fest at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, a €2 commemorative coin issued by San Marino, and Kirwitzer Day 2005 in Kadaň, Czech Republic.
Einstein's Universe was created by violinist Jack Liebeck and Oxford University physics professor Brian Foster for the World Year of Physics 2005. The pair continued to tour the presentation into the 2010s.
CERN organized the Beyond Einstein World Wide Webcast on the 1st of December 2005, bringing the year's scientific themes to an online audience.