Einstein: a quantum model for solid specific heat

What changed

Quantum energy elements became a working explanatory device for a bulk material property, not only radiation.

Scientific scope

Einstein's 1907 single-frequency solid model; Debye spectra and later low-temperature accuracy are excluded.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This is Einstein’s 1907 single-frequency model. Debye’s later spectrum, low-temperature accuracy and subsequent solid-state theory are separate contributions.

Contributors

• Albert Einstein · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Einstein, Planck’s Theory of Radiation and the Theory of Specific Heat (1907), English translation

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