At the dawn of the 20th century, classical physics failed spectacularly to explain blackbody radiation, predicting infinite energy at short wavelengths—a crisis dubbed the ultraviolet catastrophe. Max ...

(via Physics Girl) How did the field of quantum mechanics come about in the first place? The Rayleigh-Jeans catastrophe, also known as the ultraviolet catastrophe was a prediction by the ...

How did the field of quantum mechanics come about in the first place? How did the field of quantum mechanics come about in the first place? The Rayleigh-Jeans catastrophe, also known as the ...

As the light of the 20th century was peeking over the horizon, a young physicist by the name of Max Planck was taking to heart some career advice he had received while he attended Munich University in ...