Albert Einstein1905
Einstein proposed that under appropriate conditions electromagnetic radiation behaves as independently localized energy quanta, extending Planck's quantum relation from material oscillators to light itself.
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Einstein proposed that under appropriate conditions electromagnetic radiation behaves as independently localized energy quanta, extending Planck's quantum relation from material oscillators to light itself.
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