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Photoelectric Law Highlighted in Nobel Citation

The Nobel citation singled out Einstein's quantitative law of the photoelectric effect, giving formal recognition to a result rooted in his 1905 light-quantum hypothesis.

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 Law Highlighted in Nobel Citation

1922 · Berlin · Germany · Physics

The Nobel citation singled out Einstein's quantitative law of the photoelectric effect, giving formal recognition to a result rooted in his 1905 light-quantum hypothesis.

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