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		meekaaku on Oct 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield an... And also why Einstein didnt get Nobel prize for his theories of relativity, but rather the 'discovery' of photoelectric effect.

lrasinen on Oct 9, 2024 [–]

The photoelectric effect was known before Einstein, so the award was for theoretical achievements. (But only after Millikan had done precision measurements on it)

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