Re: QUANTA

[paul o johnson <pojhome@FLASH.NET>]

Brother Denker wrote, "Energy is not quantized."

> Now that really surprises me. I have always believed that Bohr's hydrogen
> atom model, and the quantum mechanics which replaced it, requires quantized
> energy levels for atoms, and that photons are emitted with discrete
> (quantized) energies when an atomic electron jumps to a lower energy state.

He also wrote "Look at the rainbow:  you can have any energy you want."

> If he means "any wavelength (photon energy) you want", it that not because
> photons having pretty nearly every discrete energy are emitted by the sun? Is
> that not what we mean when we speak of the continuous emission spectrum from
> an incandescent body?

I usually miss most of the points made in these messages, however I learn a
hellava lot, too. Did I miss something in his message?

poj