Einstein Earned the Nobel Prize for His

question 35

Multiple Choice

Einstein earned the Nobel Prize for his

• A) special theory of relativity.
• B) general theory of relativity.
• C) development of the equivalence of energy and matter, E = mc².
• D) work on the particle nature of light.
• E) contributions to the development of the fission bomb.

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