On the Trail of Blackbody Radiation Max Planck and the Physics of His Era

In the last year of the nineteenth century, Max Planck constructed a theory of blackbody radiation-the radiation emitted and absorbed by nonreflective bodies in thermal equilibrium with one another-and his work ushered in the quantum revolution in physics. In this book, three physicists trace Planck's discovery. They follow the trail of Planck's thinking by constructing a textbook of sorts that summarises the established physics on which he drew. By offering this account, the authors explore not only how Planck deployed his considerable knowledge of the physics of his era but also how Einstein and others used and interpreted Planck's work. Planck did not set out to lay the foundation for the quantum revolution but to study a universal phenomenon for which empirical evidence had been accumulating since the late 1850s. The authors explain the nineteenth-century concepts that informed Planck's discovery, including electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. In addition, the book offers the first translations of important papers by Ludwig Boltzmann and Wilhelm Wien on which Planck's work depended.

ISBN:	9780262047043
Publisher:	The MIT Press
Imprint:	The MIT Press
Published date:	06 Sep 2022
DEWEY:	530.12
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	232
Weight:	340g
Height:	140mm
Width:	211mm
Spine width:	24mm

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