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*Ann. Physik 17 , 132 (1905). German (original*) and English (translation**) versions of Einstein’s photoelectric paper. Only the title and paragraphs 2-4 of the original paper are included here. The point of this simple collection is twofold:
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*Ann. Physik 17, 132 (1905) German (original*) and English (translation**) versions of Einstein’s photoelectric paper • Only the title and paragraphs 2-4 of the original paper are included here. • The point of this simple collection is twofold: • To ponder the similarities between the German and English words • To note the humbleness of science and the wisdom in these introductory words of Einstein **Translation from: D. ter Haar (1967): “The Old Quantum Theory,” Pergamon Press, pp. 91-107.