Albert Einstein1917
Einstein's radiation theory assigned each emitted or absorbed light quantum a momentum equal to its energy divided by the speed of light.
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Einstein's radiation theory assigned each emitted or absorbed light quantum a momentum equal to its energy divided by the speed of light.
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