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You are hereBlack-body radiationOctober 19, 1900

1687Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica Shared thread 1900Planck's law Shared thread 1543De revolutionibus orbium coelestium Shared thread 1905Annus Mirabilis papers Shared thread 1858Publication of Darwin's theory Shared thread 1915Einstein field equations Shared thread

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October 19, 1900

Black-body radiation

Planck's famous law first appeared as a short correction to another physicist's equation — its title promised 'an improvement on Wien's spectral equation.'

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