Quantization Conditions, 1900-1927
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Duncan, Anthony; Janssen, Michel
- Source
- Subject
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
Quantum Physics
- Language
We trace the evolution of quantization conditions from Planck's introduction of a new fundamental constant (h) in his treatment of blackbody radiation in 1900 to Heisenberg's interpretation of the commutation relations of modern quantum mechanics in terms of his uncertainty principle in 1927.
Comment: This essay was written for the Oxford Handbook of the History of Interpretations and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics edited by Olival Freire Jr. and others