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The Intimate Relationship Between Science and Religion
In 1874, a young student by the name of Max Planck was confidently advised by his physics professor to seek a career elsewhere. In 1900, he discovered that energy was emitted and absorbed in discrete packets instead of in a continuous way. And this catalyzed an absolute revolution in physics. Chris Harding: Is it fair to say is it that towards the end of the 19th century, physicists did sense that they were close to a coherent understanding of matter, motion, space and time?
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