Albert Einstein1905
Einstein distinguished brightness from frequency by predicting that raising the frequency of incident light increases the energy of individual photoelectrons rather than merely increasing their number.
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Einstein distinguished brightness from frequency by predicting that raising the frequency of incident light increases the energy of individual photoelectrons rather than merely increasing their number.
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