Planck Announces His Quantum Theory
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Physics, Physicists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Berlin
- Date: December 14, 1900
Article abstract: Planck assumed that the energy of light was quantized proportional to its frequency, not the intensity, spawning the field of quantum mechanics.
Summary of Event
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, many physicists believed that all the principles of physics had been discovered and little remained to be done, except to improve experimental methods to determine known values to a greater degree of accuracy. This attitude was somewhat justified by the great advances in physics that had been made up to that time. Advances in theory and...
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