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Black-body theory and the quantum discontinuity, 1894-1912
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- Creator
- by Thomas S. Kuhn
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1978
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195023838, 9780195023831
- OCLC
- ocm03543255
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [323]-346.
- pt. I. Planck's black-body theory, 1894-1906: the classical phase. Planck's route to the black-body problem -- Planck's statistical heritage: Boltzmann on irreversibility -- Planck and the electromagnetic H-theorem, 1897-1899 -- Planck's distribution law and its derivations, 1900-1091 -- The foundations of Planck's radiation theory, 1901-1906 -- pt. II. the emergence of the quantum discontinuity, 1905-1912. -- Dismantling Planck's black-body theory: Ehrenfest, Rayleigh, and Jeans -- A new route to black-body theory: Einstein, 1902-1909 -- Converts to discontinuity, 1905-1910 -- Black-body theory and the state of the quantum, 1911-1912 -- pt. III. Epilogue. Planck's new radiation theory