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to
especially
emphasize
also
at
this
point
the fact,
as
elaborated in
greater
detail in the last section
of
the
book,
that the
theory developed
here
does
not
claim
by
any
means
to
be
fully
complete,
even
though,
as
I believe, it
affords
a
feasible
approach
by
which
to
consider the
processes
of
energy
radiation
from
the
same
viewpoint
as
those of molecular motion."
[72]
The
pertinent discussions in
my
paper
should
not be
construed
as an
objection (in the strict
sense
of
the
word)
against
Planck's
theory,
but
rather
as an
attempt
to
formulate
and apply
the
entropy-probability principle
more
rigorously
than
has been done
till
now.
A
more
rigorous
formulation
of
this
principle
was
necessary
because without it
the
subsequent
elaborations in
the
paper,
in
which the molecular structure of
radiation
was
inferred,
would
not
have been
adequately
substantiated.
So
that
my
conception
of the
prin-
ciple would
not
appear
as
chosen
ad
hoc,
or
arbitrary,
I
had to
show
why
its
current formulation has
not completely
satisfied
me.
Bern, January
1909.
(Received
on
23 January
1909)
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