Albert Einstein1922
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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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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