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[AZ-Observing] Re: Steward Observatory Public Evening Series: The Astrophysical Einstein [10-24-05]
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:55:32 -0700
Brian,
You are correct. Einstein's Nobel Prize was indeed for the
photoelectric effect while he is most famous for his papers on
relativity.
In 1905 he wrote three papers:
One on the photoelectric effect
One on Special Relativity and
One on Brownian motion.
In 1915 he published his work on General Relativity.
In 1921 he received his Nobel Prize in physics for his work with the
Photoelectric effect.
Jeff
At 11:38 -0700 10/24/05, Brian Skiff wrote:
>>> ...that resulted in Einstein's 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics.
>
> I'm pretty sure, though perhaps Professor Psaltis could confirm,
>that Einstein's Nobel was for the photoelectric effect, and not
>for the relativity papers.
> Whereas relativity hardly impinges on my daily life, I make use
>of the photoelectric effect almost constantly (vision, computer monitors,
>CCDs...).
>
>\Brian
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