Einstein in 1916: "On the Quantum Theory of Radiation"
History and Philosophy of Physics
2017-03-27 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
In this contribution I discuss a peak in Einstein's endeavor to extract as much information as possible about the nature of radiation from the Planck distribution is his paper "On the Quantum Theory of Radiation" of 1916. This is one of the most important contributions of Einstein to quantum theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1703.08176,
title = {Einstein in 1916: "On the Quantum Theory of Radiation"},
author = {Norbert Straumann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.08176},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Contribution to the Communications of the Swiss Physical Society, N r.51, Section: History of Physics, p.26 (2017)