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Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for the photoelectric effect. That work helped explain how light can behave as particles and later shaped technologies like solar panels and digital cameras.

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Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize not for relativity but for the photoelectric effect — the work that revealed light's particle side and later shaped solar panels and cameras.

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Einstein, 1921 Nobel Fizik Ödülü'nü fotoelektrik etki için aldı. Bu çalışma, ışığın parçacık gibi davranabildiğini gösterdi ve daha sonra güneş panelleri ile dijital kameralar gibi teknolojileri şekillendirdi.
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Einstein, 1921 Nobel Ödülü'nü görelilik için değil, fotoelektrik etki için aldı — ışığın parçacık yönünü ortaya çıkaran ve sonradan güneş panellerini ve kameraları biçimlendiren çalışma.

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