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Photon Box Thought Experiment Presented

Belgium · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1930

Albert Einstein1930

Brussels · Science / Physics

At the Solvay Conference Einstein proposed a box-and-clock thought experiment intended to challenge the energy-time uncertainty relation by weighing a box before and after a photon escaped.

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Albert Einstein

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