Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics


In 1921, Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his theoretical theories and his discovery of the law of the “photoelectric effect.” In 1905, Einstein considered that light has a nature of both a wave and a particle. This lead to the development of “photons,” or photo electrons, which gave light a wave-particle duality. 

Now it must be noted that Nikola Tesla wasn’t just a theoretical physicist like Einstein, but was an experimental physicist as well. In 1896, Nikola Tesla was the first to propose that radiation had both particle-like and wavelike properties in his experiments with X-rays. In experiments with his newly developed high-vacuum tubes and his high-frequency disruptive coil (Tesla Coil), Tesla shot cathode, and other rays at different metals noting the differences in reflection the streams made upon the metals. Nikola Tesla preceded Einstein by 4 years on the law of the photoelectric effect publishing a patent titled “Apparatus of the Utilization of Radiant Energy.” filed in 1901.

Tesla still recieved no Nobel Prize. 

Dr. Nikola Tesla

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