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:::::: Planck thought of light as a wave - and only as a wave. His idea was that matter emits and absorbs energy in quanta, but he didn't say anything about light-quanta. That's due to Einstein. As Planck credited Einstein for this achievement later on - so should you. Lenard's critique of Einstein - and the subsequently founding of the ''Deutsche Physik'' can't be taken serious: he didn't like Einstein's interpretations. Lenard made great contributions to the experiments of the photoelectric effect, but he didn't came forward with an adequate theoretical ''Überbau''. All the proponents of the ''Deutsche Physik'' were vicious anti-quantum-mechanics. --[[User:BRichtigen|BRichtigen]] 16:37, 25 October 2008 (EDT)
:::::: Planck thought of light as a wave - and only as a wave. His idea was that matter emits and absorbs energy in quanta, but he didn't say anything about light-quanta. That's due to Einstein. As Planck credited Einstein for this achievement later on - so should you. Lenard's critique of Einstein - and the subsequently founding of the ''Deutsche Physik'' can't be taken serious: he didn't like Einstein's interpretations. Lenard made great contributions to the experiments of the photoelectric effect, but he didn't came forward with an adequate theoretical ''Überbau''. All the proponents of the ''Deutsche Physik'' were vicious anti-quantum-mechanics. --[[User:BRichtigen|BRichtigen]] 16:37, 25 October 2008 (EDT)
::::::: Planck may have been generous with credit. A lot of older scientists give excess credit to younger scientists. Einstein is peculiar in that he was well known for being very jealous about crediting anyone but himself. I don't know how you can say that Planck's idea was that matter emits energy in quanta, but not light-quanta. What happens when matter emits light? Planck and Lenard did get Nobel Prizes for their work. I don't know how you can act as if they did not understand what they were doing. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 22:30, 25 October 2008 (EDT)