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100th Anniversary of Quantum Physics

Posted by michael on from the quanta-is-a-pretty-good-editor-too dept.

EricR writes "On December 14, 1900, Max Planck presented experimental results in front of the German Physical Society and announced that they could best be explained if energy exists in discrete packets, which he called "quanta." Today is the 100th birthday of Quantum Physics."

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  1. Richard P. Feynman said... by bartash · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."

    --
    Read Epic the first RPG novel.