Max Planck's formulation of quantum theory in 1900, proposing that energy is quantized, marked a fundamental departure from classical physics and is considered the beginning of modern physics.
Whose theory brought in a transition from classical physics to modern physics ?
Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2012 · Topic: Scientists & Inventions (Planck's Quantum Hypothesis and Blackbody Radiation)
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