ERIC Number: EJ266227
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Publication Date: 1982
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How Einstein Got the Nobel Prize.
Pais, Abraham
American Scientist, v70 n4 p358-65 Jul-Aug 1982
Discusses why the Nobel Committee for Physics waited so long before giving Einstein the Nobel Prize and why they did not award it for relativity, but for the photoelectric effect instead. Focuses on the judgments of leading scientists who made nominations as well as committee members' decisions. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Awards, College Science, Higher Education, Physics, Science Education, Science History, Scientists
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Language: English
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