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He found that by making the assumption that energy existed in individual units in the same way that matter does, rather than just as a constant. While the quantum era was inaugurated in 1900, a quantum theory would take much longer to jell. The origin and development of the quantum theory by max planck. However, at the present stage the notes, for the topics covered, should be complete enough to serve the reader.
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