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 | | Einstein's explanation of the photoelectric effect, Millikan's experiment to confirm this, the Compton effect, Compton's derivation of the change of wavelength. |
 | | Discovery of emission spectra, early speculations, measurements of Angstrom and Balmer's formula, Rydberg formula and Ritz combination principle, non-classical nature of line spectra, discovery of electron, atomic models of Thomson, Jeans, Lenard and Nagaoka. |
 | | Rutherford's gold-foil experiment, planetary model of the atom, stability problem, Bohr's theory of hydrogenic atoms, stationary orbits, quantisation condition. |
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