A masterly assessment of the way the idea of quanta of radiation became part of 20th-century physics. . . . The book not only deals with a topic of importance and interest to all scientists, but is also a polished literary work, described (accurately) by one of its original reviewers as a scientific detective story.—John Gribbin, New ScientistEvery scientist should have this book.—Paul Davies, New Scientist | Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity 1894-1912 by Thomas S. Kuhn, Paperback | Indigo Chapters