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Einstein equation marks 100 years

Physicists are celebrating the centenary of Albert Einstein's best known equation: E=mc².

Published in the fourth of a series of papers that shook the foundations of physics in 1905, E=mc² is now linked with the power of the atom bomb.

No equation is anywhere near as recognisable as E=mc².

Read entire article at BBC News