Marić:

Haven’t we always criticized him because of his narrow-minded notions of atoms?

Einstein:

He’s never seriously considered that the motion of atoms can perhaps be observed, as is the case with the smallest of particles suspended in a liquid. I was convinced, by the way, that even the problems of electromagnetism can be solved if also light is explained as consisting of atoms.

Habicht:

Meaning that light is made up of particles, just as I read back in Newton? That’s terribly revolutionary!

Besso:

It is held that Newton’s theories are obsolete since the discovery of light’s wave properties.