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Why Energy Comes in Quanta

Why can an atom absorb one colour of light but ignore another? A rainbow seems continuous, yet atoms reveal a surprising pattern: particular colours appear or disappear while others are missing. This mystery introduces quantisation, the idea that some measurable quantities are restricted to separated allowed values rather than every value in a range.

Why Energy Comes in Quanta

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