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"A masterly assessment of the way the idea of quanta of radiation became part of 20th-century physics. . . . The book not only deals with a topic of importance and interest to all scientists, but is also a polished literary work, described (accurately) by one of its original reviewers as a scientific detective story."—John Gribbin, New Scientist

"Every scientist should have this book."—Paul Davies, New Scientist

Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 15/01/1987
    ISBN13: 9780226458007, 978-0226458007
    ISBN10: 0226458008

    Number of Pages: 398

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    "A masterly assessment of the way the idea of quanta of radiation became part of 20th-century physics. . . . The book not only deals with a topic of importance and interest to all scientists, but is also a polished literary work, described (accurately) by one of its original reviewers as a scientific detective story."—John Gribbin, New Scientist

    "Every scientist should have this book."—Paul Davies, New Scientist

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