For which achievement did Albert Einstein receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. His explanation of the photoelectric effect
- Step 1: The committee named a specific result. Step 2. It was the photoelectric effect and not relativity. Answer: the photoelectric effect. Why not the others: relativity was not named, and the neutron and the atomic clock were not his.
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