摘要
In 1905, Albert Einstein presented his milestone theory of photons in his paper titled ＂On a Heuristic Viewpoint Con- cerning the Production and Transformation of Light＂ based on Max Planck＇s black-body radiation theory. The ground- breaking theory successfully solved the paradox between Maxwell＇s wave theory of light and the experimental finding on photoelectric effect, propelling the concept of wave-par- ticle duality and granting Einstein with his solo Nobel Prize in 1921. Later, a group of physicists and mathematicians developed a wavefunction formulation based on operator algebra to describe quantum theory. This powerful mathe- matical abstraction, the greatest theoretical invention in hu- man history, enables us to calculate and predict physical process in the microscopic world that people cannot in- tuitively understand, such as atomic energy levels, electron tunneling, and photon trajectories.
In 1905,Albert Einstein presented his milestone theory of photons in his paper titled "On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light"based on Max Planck’s black-body radiation theory.The groundbreaking theory successfully solved the paradox between Maxwell’s wave theory of light and the experimental
