num_pages: 374
description: "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."â€”John Gribbin, New Scientist"Every scientist should have this book."â€”Paul Davies, New Scientist
language: English
title: Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912
titlecomplete: Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912
genres: Science, History, Philosophy, Nonfiction, History Of Science, Physics
ratings_count: 41
publisher: Oxford University Press