[AZ-Observing] Re: Steward Observatory Public Evening Series: The Astrophysical Einstein [10-24-05]
- From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:38:56 -0700 (MST)
>> ...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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