Max Planck
Physicist, Academic
1858 – 1947
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Who was Max Planck?
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, FRS was a German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Planck made many contributions to theoretical physics, but his fame rests primarily on his role as originator of the quantum theory. This theory revolutionized human understanding of atomic and subatomic processes, just as Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity revolutionized the understanding of space and time. Together they constitute the fundamental theories of 20th-century physics.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1858
Kiel - Children
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Lutheranism
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Employment
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Georg-August University of Göttingen
- University of Kiel
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Germany
- Kiel
- Died
- Oct 4, 1947
Göttingen
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on July 23, 2013
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