Albert Einstein1917
By assigning momentum to individual radiation quanta, Einstein concluded that atoms must recoil when they emit or absorb directed packets of light.
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By assigning momentum to individual radiation quanta, Einstein concluded that atoms must recoil when they emit or absorb directed packets of light.
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