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The photoelectric effect was an important step along the way to quantum mechanics, without which there'd be no transistor, and probably no personal computer, or
by michael_nielsen 18y ago
The photoelectric effect was an important step along the way to quantum mechanics, without which there'd be no transistor, and probably no personal computer, or Hacker News.
- cstejerean 18y agoIn case anyone else is wondering what transistors have to do with quantum mechanics http://madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/952639215.Ph.r.html http://madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/952639215.Ph.r.html