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Nobel Award Announced for Photoelectric Law

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Einstein as the recipient of the reserved 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, emphasizing his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

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Albert Einstein, 1912. Photograph by J. F. Langhans — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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Nobel Award Announced for Photoelectric Law

9 November 1922 · Berlin · Germany · Physics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Einstein as the recipient of the reserved 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, emphasizing his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

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