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Photoelectric Effect Paper Submitted

Sends his light-quantum paper to Annalen der Physik, using quanta to explain 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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Photoelectric Effect Paper Submitted

17 March 1905 · Bern · United States of America · Physics

Sends his light-quantum paper to Annalen der Physik, using quanta to explain the photoelectric effect.

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