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Most physics books says something like this on the photoelectric effect: "the photoelectric effect provided strong evidence of the particle nature of light - and it eventually led Einstein to propose that light consisted of discrete packets of energy (photons) in 1905."
I have been told, though, that this is a very unaccurate description of the actual historical development.. Apparently the photoelectric effect was known long before Einstein's paper in 1905 and therefore there must be some other proposed explanations.. I think there was a guy named Millikan who had another theory (which also explained the E=hf-W condition for electron emission) and therefore didn't accept Einsteins hypothesis.. Can anyone enlighten me on this (especially Millikans theory)?
I have been told, though, that this is a very unaccurate description of the actual historical development.. Apparently the photoelectric effect was known long before Einstein's paper in 1905 and therefore there must be some other proposed explanations.. I think there was a guy named Millikan who had another theory (which also explained the E=hf-W condition for electron emission) and therefore didn't accept Einsteins hypothesis.. Can anyone enlighten me on this (especially Millikans theory)?
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