Einstein's revolutionary light-quantum hypothesis

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 543-558

  Stuewer, Roger H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

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PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTOELECTRICITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

LIGHT-QUANTUM HYPOTHESIS; WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33646592189     PISSN: 05874254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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