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Salzburg Address Defends Dual Radiation Structure

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1909

Albert Einstein1909

Salzburg · Science / Physics

At the Salzburg meeting Einstein presented radiation as a problem requiring both electromagnetic waves and quantum-like localized events, highlighting a central unresolved issue of early quantum theory.

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Albert Einstein

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