Whereas Bose had used his approach for photons, Einstein was ready to extend it to molecules: If Bose’s derivation of Planck’s radiation formula is taken seriously, then one will not be ...

The thermal relativity theory requires that the radiation formula shall satisfy ... and does not itself demand the Planck formula.

Planck succeeded in deriving a radiation formula that stood up to all experimental tests. But what is the significance for physics of the energy elements in Planck’s derivation? This question took ...

Planck's blackbody radiation law, formulated in 1900 by German physicist ... calls the results "very exciting," noting that theorists have long predicted such a breakdown in the formula and the ...

IN Einstein's celebrated derivation of the Planck radiation formula, an equilibrium is considered to exist between three elementary processes: (1) a spontaneous emission from the atoms ...

On October 19, 1900, he presented his formula at a meeting of the German ... from the Latin for “how much?”. Though Planck’s radiation law was readily accepted, the importance of the ...

It was 100 years ago when Max Planck published a paper that gave birth to quantum mechanics – or so the story goes. History reveals, however, that Planck did not immediately realize the consequences ...

Here’s how it works. The European Planck space telescope detects very faint primordial radiation that was generated after the Big Bang — when the universe was only 380,000 years old.