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'En attendant Debye...' ('Until Debye': the specific heat of solids)

Michel Hulin

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The problem of the specific heat of solids and its behaviour at low temperatures played an important role in the evolution of basic ideas in physics at the turn of the century. It was finally solved by Debye, but why did Einstein, who showed a keen interest in that problem for several years, fail to propose the Debye model? The article recalls a few facts and presents a few suggestions.

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Key concepts: Debye, Physics, Debye model, Debye length, Debye function, Specific heat, Einstein, Thermodynamics