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Understanding Ultraviolet Catastrophe and Planck Postulate - The Birth of Quantum Mechanics

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This video explains the blackbody radiation experiment, the ultraviolet catastrophe predicted by the Rayleigh–Jeans law, and Planck’s proposal that energy is emitted and absorbed in discrete quanta.

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Understanding Ultraviolet Catastrophe & Planck Postulate | The Birth of Quantum Mechanics

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