Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Note to the Paperback Edition
CONTENTS
PART I: PLANCK\'S BLACK-BODY THEORY, 1894-1906: THE CLASSICAL PHASE
	1. Planck\'s Route to the Black-Body Problem
	2. Planck\'s Statistical Heritage: Boltzmann on Irreversibility
	3. Planck and the Electromagnetic H-Theorem, 1897-1899
	4. Planck\'s Distribution Law and Its Derivations, 1900-1901
	5. The Foundations of Planck\'s Radiation Theory, 1901-1906
PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF THE QUANTUM DISCONTINUITY, 1905-1912
	6. Dismantling Planck\'s Black-Body Theory: Ehrenfest, Rayleigh, and Jeans
	7. A New Route to Black-Body Theory: Einstein, 1902-1909
	8. Converts to Discontinuity, 1906-1910
	9. Black-Body Theory and the State of the Quantum, 1911-1912
PART III: EPILOGUE
	10. Planck\'s New Radiation Theory
Notes
Bibliography
Afterword: Revisiting Planck
Index