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Wasn't it more the observation the theory was designed to explain than the first prediction?
by saalweachter 3y ago
Wasn't it more the observation the theory was designed to explain than the first prediction?
- eigenket 3y agoI think its a linguistic difference only. At least where I studied it was quite normal to call phenomena you can derive from a physical theory "predictions" even if they have been observed before. I agree the photoelectric effect strongly suggested some quantization before quantum mechanics was formalised.