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Planck Black-Body Radiation Paper

Ueber das Gesetz der Energieverteilung im Normalspectrum

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Creators

  • Max Planck, author

Canon Rationale

A core modern physics paper, included for black-body radiation, quantization, and the emergence of quantum theory.

Evidence

  • citation context: Planck, 'Ueber das Gesetz der Energieverteilung im Normalspectrum,' Annalen der Physik, 1901.
  • field survey: The Nobel Prize, Max Planck biographical and lecture materials.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, epistemic status required

Completion unit: read selected core sections of the paper in translation or original, with historical physics context.

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