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Introducing Quantum Theory ...

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The problem is this. Just before the turn of the century, physicists were so absolutely certain of their ideas about the nature of matter and radiation that any new concept which contradicted their classical picture would be given little consideration.

Not only was the mathematical formalism of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and Ja~es Clerk Maxwell (1831-79) impeccable, but predictions based on their theories had been confirmed by careful detailed experiments for 4 many years. The Age of Reason had become the age of certainty!

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