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1905
 
    
In his special theory of relativity Albert Einstein reconciles the apparent clash between relativity and electromagnetic theory       
1905
 
    
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and other Dresden students form the Expressionist group Die Brücke       
1905
 
   
The first German submarine, or U-boat, is constructed in a programme to catch up with Britain and France in this area      
1905
 
    
Albert Einstein relates mass and energy in the equation e = mc2       
Einstein, photograph 1921
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1905
 
     
Richard Strauss's Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, has wide success in spite of censorship difficulties        
1906
 
    
German immunologist August von Wasserman develops a diagnostic test to reveal the presence of the syphilis spirochaete in the blood       
1906
 
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In direct response to Britain's new Dreadnought, Germany increases the production of battleships      
1906
 
    
German physicist Walther Nernst establishes the Third Law of Thermodynamics, dealing with temperatures close to absolute zero       
1906
 
    
The German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer identifies physical symptoms in the brain of a dead woman who had presenile dementia       
1907
 
   
Henkel & Cie launches in Düsseldorf the first domestic washing powder, Persil