The Theory Of Heat Radiation by Max Planck

A systematic treatment of thermal (blackbody) radiation that derives the spectral distribution of emitted energy, reconciles experimental results with theory by introducing the idea that energy exchanges occur in discrete quanta, and develops the thermodynamic and statistical arguments leading to the radiation law; it includes detailed mathematical derivations, comparisons with experiment, and discussion of the profound implications for the emerging quantum theory.

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