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Max Planck’s discovery of the quantum of electromagnetic radiation - the photon - and its use to explain phenomena according to the ‘old quantum theory’ led to a revolutionary stance in physics - the ‘new quantum theory’ - led primarily by Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.
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Sachs, M. (1997). Could the Photon be Superfluous?. In: Jeffers, S., Roy, S., Vigier, JP., Hunter, G. (eds) The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5682-0_8
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