Thursday, January 5, 2017

The Birth of Quantum Mechanics

Max Planck presents the first paper on quantum mechanics, to the German Physical Society on 14 December 1900. Quantum Mechanics is the science dealing with how matter and light behave on the atomic and subatomic scale. The development of quantum physics is regarded by many as the finest intellectual edifice of the 20th century. This position was not reached in a single...