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Yes, it was given for the photoelectric effect and other work (which was nudge nudge, wink wink, relativity). Everyone forgets just how much physics Einstein di
by madhadron 7y ago
Yes, it was given for the photoelectric effect and other work (which was nudge nudge, wink wink, relativity). Everyone forgets just how much physics Einstein did besides relativity. Brownian motion, for example.
Turns out that the photoelectric effect as described by Einstein was possible to get out of classical physics, though, so it took a few more iterations in the later 20th century to really nail that one down again. See 'The Quantum Challenge' by Zajonc.