Word: quant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...light, the conflict between light's wave and quantum nature was cited as another example of the clash between the traditional and the newly discovered. After Huygens' enunciation of his famous Principle, the whole question of light's nature and propagation appeared settled. But Planck's theory of the quant of light energy, as elaborated by Einstein, threw the classical conceptions into serious problems...
Finally, the remarkably sensitive work of the small group which performed the chansons deserves mention. Their diction was excellent and they were quick to catch the constantly shifting moods of the songs. Dorothy Barnhouse's contralto was perfectly suited to the solo she sang in Debussy's Quant fai ouy le tabourin. The audience demanded and received an encore of her very moving rendition...