SMRTR Science & EngineeringOct 2, 2025Interesting Engineering

Light trick: How color photos outshone quantum theory to win 1908 Nobel Prize

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Gabriel Lippmann won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physics for his color photography technique using optical interference. French lobbying and committee hesitation about theoretical work helped him defeat Max Planck's quantum theory.

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