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Bose Counting Recasts Planck Radiation Law

Germany · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1924

Albert Einstein1924

Berlin · Science / Physics

Einstein recognized that Bose's counting method obtained Planck's spectrum by treating light quanta statistically without relying on the classical independent-particle counting used for ordinary gases.

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Albert Einstein

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