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Radiation Equilibrium Connects Quantum Events and Thermodynamics

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

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1917

Albert Einstein1917

Berlin · Science / Physics

Einstein united discrete atomic transitions with thermodynamic equilibrium, demonstrating that quantum absorption and emission rules could generate the observed black-body spectrum.

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Albert Einstein

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