Meaning of annus mirabilis | Babel Free

Definitions

A year that includes a multitude of significant and fateful events, be they disasters or successes.

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“„The year 1905 was said to be Albert Einstein’s annus mirabilis – his “miracle year”– in which he published four important papers that set the stage for modern physics. Just over a century later, that phrase comes to my mind when I think of 2015 and New Horizons; it’s been our miracle year. Just consider, in the last 12 months…“”

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