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Quanta and atoms - the elementary approach
Designed by students as part of the ThinkQuest competition this site provides a teaching course, on three levels, explaining the atomic and quantum world.
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Planck's Hypothesis
In order to explain the frequency distribution of radiation from a hot cavity (blackbody radiation) Planck proposed the ad hoc assumption that the radiant energy could exist only in discrete quanta ...
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Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858 - 1947) studied thermodynamics in particular examining the distribution of energy according to wavelength. Based on this work Plank renounced classical physics and ...
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