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Einstein Extends Radiation Duality Analogy to Matter

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1925

Albert Einstein1925

Berlin · Science / Physics

Einstein drew an analogy between the wave-particle duality he had identified for radiation and the emerging wave description of material particles, reinforcing the broader quantum duality concept.

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Albert Einstein

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