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    "abstract": "Einstein\u0027s thesis ``A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions\u0027\u0027 was the\nsecond of his five celebrated papers in 1905. Although it is -- thanks to its\nwidespread practical applications -- the most quoted of his papers, it is less\nknown than the other four. The main aim of the talk is to show what exactly\nEinstein did in his dissertation. As an important application of the\ntheoretical results for the viscosity and diffusion of solutions, he got (after\neliminating a calculational error) an excellent value for the Avogadro number\nfrom data for sugar dissolved in water. This was in agreement with the value he\nand Planck had obtained from the black-body radiation. Two weeks after he\nfinished the `Doktorarbeit\u0027, Einstein submitted his paper on Brownian motion,\nin which the diffusion formula of his thesis plays a crucial role.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0504201",
    "authors": [
      "Norbert Straumann"
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    "title": "On Einstein\u0027s Doctoral Thesis",
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