1976/09/01 by R C Dougal · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.1088/0031-9120/11/6/008
openalex publication_date 1976/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Errors in the treatment of complex concepts may be due to authors being too selective in their choice of theoretical material to include, to keep complication of the explanation to a minimum. This situation seems to exist in the treatment of Planck's derivation of the Planck radiation formula, the distribution function for the energy density of black-body (or cavity) radiation, as part of 'the basis of the introduction of quantum phenomena in the teaching of physics'. It is likely that the authors of the incorrect (or, more often, remarkably vague) accounts have attempted to keep to a minimum the complication of the historical development of the study of black-body radiation during the four years leading up to 1900 when the Planck postulate epsilon =hv was first published (1900).