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Introductory quantum physics texts often begin with a historical review. A typical starting point is the analysis of the black-body radiation spectrum, conducted in 1900 by Max Planck and traditionally considered the birth of quantum physics. This is a natural choice, as it is on this occasion that Planck first introduced his constant h.
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Martin, P.A., Rothen, F. (2004). Classical Fields and Their Associated Particles. In: Many-Body Problems and Quantum Field Theory. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08490-8_1
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