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In the twentieth century began a new era for physics by modifying ideas established in previous centuries. The concepts of space and time were changed drastically by special relativity, while quantum behaviour and the dual nature of radiation were discovered. In Chap. 4 was described how the investigations on black body radiation and the photoelectric effect opened the way to understanding the quantum properties of the atomic world, which were first revealed by studying the emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
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Chaichian, M., Rojas, H.P., Tureanu, A. (2014). Atoms and Quantum Theory. In: Basic Concepts in Physics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19598-3_6
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