Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on 9 November 1921, for his discoveries related to the photoelectric effect (how electrons are released when light hits surfaces). Due to technicalities with Alfred Nobel's will, Einstein received the award in 1922. His more famous work on relativity was not recognized in this Nobel Prize, and that omission is now seen as very controversial due to prejudice against "German science" and the quality of experimental evidence available at that time.
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