EPISODE · Dec 9, 2016 · 12 MIN
REBROADCAST: Nature PastCast - December 1920
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In the early twentieth century physicists had become deeply entangled in the implications of the quantum theory. Was the world at its smallest scales continuous, or built of discrete units? It all began with Max Planck. His Nobel Prize was the subject of a Nature news article in 1920. Originally aired 19/12/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In the early twentieth century physicists had become deeply entangled in the implications of the quantum theory. Was the world at its smallest scales continuous, or built of discrete units? It all began with Max Planck. His Nobel Prize was the subject of a Nature news article in 1920. Originally aired 19/12/2013. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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