A Sommerfeld Explanation
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-02-13 v1
Authors:
Jeremy Bernstein
Abstract
Sommerfeld shows that the Wien displacement formula implies the existence of Planck's constant.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1202.2347,
title = {A Sommerfeld Explanation},
author = {Jeremy Bernstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.2347},
year = {2012}
}
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