In 1921, Einstein won the Nobel Prize. The citation reads:
“To Albert Einstein for his services to theoretical physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.”
To be sure, Einstein is being acknowledge for the “the law of the photoelectric effect”, in other words for his photoelectric equation, but not for the photon concept. This attitude would persist until 1923, when new experimental results would convert pretty much everyone to the existence of photons.
A person can often hear a sound from farther away better when the temperature is colder outside.
The transition from quantum theory to quantum mechanics began in 1926 with work of Erwin Schrödinger.
The atom concept has its origins in Ancient Greek debates over the nature of change and permanency.
Your car runs more efficiently when it’s colder outside.
During his formal education Sadi Carnot (1796-1832) was literally surrounded by renowned physicist, chemists and mathematicians on the faculty. However, Carnot was never a member of this distinguished group, and did his most important work (as a founder of modern day thermodynamics) as an outsider.
Joule and Mayer’s work (mid-1800s) provided the clear relationship between heat and work; the mechanical equivalent of heat.
The zero point energy of a system is a direct consequence of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
A major stumbling block to Dalton’s success was his poor experimental technique.
Although it has no overall charge, a neutron still has a magnetic moment.
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