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http://www.arxiv.org/physics/0402064
Luis Boya of the University of Zaragoza has written a
short historical paper on the radiation law of Planck.
two shortcomings can be noticed
on page 18, quoting Albert Einstein about Planck's personality
the author misspells the word "patience"
he writes "pacience" for this important virtue
also Boya does not cite the 1899 paper of Planck on
Irreversible Radiation Processes in which the Planck units
first appeared
(they predate the famous 1900 radiation law which
engendered so much of 20th century physics)
"Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgaenge"
See page 600 of
Max Planck "Physicalische Abhandlungen und Vortraege"(Braunscheweig 1958)
the 1899 paper was the fifth and final one in a series presented before the Prussian Academy
and I think Boya may be discussing this, but he does not include it clearly in his bibliography as far as I can see
which is not to say it is a bad paper, on the contrary
Luis Boya of the University of Zaragoza has written a
short historical paper on the radiation law of Planck.
two shortcomings can be noticed
on page 18, quoting Albert Einstein about Planck's personality
the author misspells the word "patience"
he writes "pacience" for this important virtue
also Boya does not cite the 1899 paper of Planck on
Irreversible Radiation Processes in which the Planck units
first appeared
(they predate the famous 1900 radiation law which
engendered so much of 20th century physics)
"Ueber irreversible Strahlungsvorgaenge"
See page 600 of
Max Planck "Physicalische Abhandlungen und Vortraege"(Braunscheweig 1958)
the 1899 paper was the fifth and final one in a series presented before the Prussian Academy
and I think Boya may be discussing this, but he does not include it clearly in his bibliography as far as I can see
which is not to say it is a bad paper, on the contrary
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