How Quantum Mechanics Was Born From the Need For a Better Lightbulb

Some of mankind ’s mostremarkable scientific discoveriescame to light as a upshot of research that hadnothing to do with the breakthrough itself . And such was the case withquantum mechanics . Back in the early 1890s the German Bureau of Standards require Max Planck to design a lightbulb that bring out the maximum amount of light with the minimal amount of energy . And hisresearchinto saving the bureau a few dollar on its Energy Department bills lead to the study of quantum shop mechanic which could one day let us unlock the secrets of the universe .

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Oh , and FYI , it turns out that a light bulb running at 3,200 K dedicate out the maximal amount of light that is visible by humans , if you ’re concerned in saving a few more dollars and building your own . [ YouTube ]