Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a universal and indisputable fact of science. As soon as the atomicity of radiation became established, this principle had to be discarded.


Physics and Philosophy (1942)


Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a...

Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a...

Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a...

Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a...