How is it that Planck's quantum principle "prevents" energy to be lost at high frequencies in a hot body? Read the story to find the answer!

 

The story of the rich man   Once upon a time, there was a rich man who decided to give away his wealth.(fantasy…).When his friends, very wealthy people - rich people know only rich people-knew about his crazy decision, they flocked to his home asking for a piece of the pie. The richest man on earth, more than a 100 billion dollar worth, was the first one there. He was given what he asked for, a few billions…Then came the second richest man for another few billions, then the third and so on…After a handful of our rich idols were done, the rich, I mean poor man's wealth was reduced to a mere 97 cents. Very annoyed, he then decided to give up his remaining wealth to as many people as possible. So he drove by to the poorest neighborhood in town, giving a whole cent to the first 97 homeless people he found. As a matter of fact, the rich man's wealth was almost totally "sucked" by other rich people… And there was another rich man, more prudent, and …fond of quantum theory. Just like his generous fellow, he chose to give up his wealth. However, he added a rule as to the distribution of his wealth: any recipient would only be allowed to receive whole multiples of his or her personal wealth. Whoever owns 100, can only receive 100, 200, 300 or any multiple of 100.Under no circumstances can he get a fraction of 100. So when the richest man on earth, still thirsty of more wealth, knocked at the wise man's door and asked for a few billions, his demand was rejected as he couldn't comply with the new quantum rule: according to this rule, the richest man on earth can only receive a multiple of his 100 billion dollar wealth. Since the generous man doesn't have that much funds, the richest man on earth was sent home without an extra penny.

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