How did thermodynamics save quantum mechanics? : askscience

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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. -Carl Sagan, Cosmos account activity This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment. PhysicsHow did thermodynamics save quantum mechanics? submitted 10 years ago * by [deleted] So I just started taking a thermo and statistical mechanics course and this is what the professor said as part of his introductory lecture. I don't want to wait 12 weeks for the answer, so I'm asking for a qualitative one now. Edit: There seems to be a lively debate here! I haven't read any of the responses yet, but I finally have my notebook and I want to clarify one point: When my professor was stating that Thermo failed, he was referring to the predictions made for heat capacity of a crystal at very low temperatures (when experimentalists were able to produce very low temperature environments). Edit 2: Wow. I would have replied to everyone's, but saying "thank you" over and over seemed redundant. Thi

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