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Photoelectric Quantum Explanation

Switzerland · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1905

Albert Einstein1905

Bern · Science / Physics

Explains photoelectric emission by proposing that light transfers energy in discrete quanta to electrons.

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Albert Einstein

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