How Quantum Mechanics Saved Physics From Ovens

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You might think that quantum physics was discovered because of some super complicated electron behavior or something, but it was actually invented to explain ovens.

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http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/black_body_radiation.html
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