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Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates the famous 'photoelectric effect'

Even after the electron was discovered, and the electric current explained, there were mysterious phenomena. One of them was the photoelectric effect. Prof Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates it, and explains how Einstein made a breakthrough.

20 October 2011

5 minutes

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