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{{main | History of quantum mechanics}}
[[History of Maxwell's equations | Maxwell's]] unification of electricity, magnetism, and even light in the 1880s lead to experiments on the interaction of light and matter. Some of these experiments had aspects which could not be explained. Quantum mechanics emerged in the early part of the 20th century from efforts to explain these results.<ref name="Whittaker">{{Cite book |last=Whittaker |first=Edmund T. |title=A history of the theories of aether & electricity. 2: The modern theories, 1900 - 1926 |date=1989 |publisher=Dover Publ |isbn=978-0-486-26126-3 |edition=Repr |___location=New York}}</ref>
=== Evidence of quanta from the photoelectric effect ===
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