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Nobel Prize in Physics

Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical physics, especially the law of the photoelectric effect.

Albert Einstein lecturing in Vienna in 1921
Albert Einstein lecturing in Vienna, 1921. Photograph by Ferdinand Schmutzer — public domain. Wikimedia Commons source.
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Nobel Prize in Physics

1921 · Berlin · United States of America · Physics

Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical physics, especially the law of the photoelectric effect.

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