Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 (awarded in 1922) for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect. This work, published in 1905, provided crucial evidence for the quantum nature of light.
Einstein got the Nobel Prize for
Asked in BPSC Prelims Exam 64th · Topic: Scientists & Inventions (Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Photoelectric Effect)
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