#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

9649.218 - 9672.316 Sean Carroll

Tragedy. He should have gotten maybe four Nobel Prizes, honestly. That one. He certainly should have got – the photoelectric effect was 100% worth the Nobel Prize because – and people don't quite get this – Who cares about the photoelectric effect? That's like this very minor effect. The point is his explanation for the photoelectric effect invented something called the photon.