What is a ''blackbody''? The natural and common-sensical answer to the question asked here would be ‘’a body looking perfectly black’’. But it is not the color of the body that has earned it the name. In fact, the name is not-at-all ‘’self-explanatory’’. It is a scientific term used to denote a body that absorbs… Continue reading Blackbody Radiation
Till the late 19th century, physicists were staunch believers of the classical idea of determinism - a philosophy which ascribes a particular ‘’cause’’ to every ‘’effect’’. The idea that every effect is determined by the cause of the effect is the idea of classical determinism. A cause-effect relationship was thought to be the single most… Continue reading Classical Determinism to Quantum Uncertainty
The Basis 