Max Planck
Max Planck (1858–1947) was a German physicist who originated quantum theory.
His discovery that energy is emitted in discrete packets called quanta rather than continuous waves revolutionized physics and earned him the 1918 Nobel Prize.
The Planck constant, a fundamental value in quantum mechanics, bears his name, as does the Max Planck Society, Germany's leading research organization.
Smallest discrete unit
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- hEighth letter, lowercase
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
oscillators · Boltzmann · Kirchhoff · theoretical physics · photon
Highest academic honor
Senior university teacher
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- academicianLearned society member
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- scholarLearned, studious person
intellectual · educator · scientist · researcher · theorist · Munich · World War I · World War II
Germany's largest city
- MunichBavaria's largest city
- BavariaSoutheastern German state
- HeidelbergBaden-Württemberg university city
- PrussiaFormer German kingdom
Organizations pursuing systematic knowledge
- modern physicsScience of subatomic and relativistic phenomena
- commemorative stampsPostage honoring significant occasions
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
quantum
Smallest discrete unit
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- hEighth letter, lowercase
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
entropy · oscillators · Boltzmann · Kirchhoff · theoretical physics · photon
Nobel Prize
Highest academic honor
ceremony · laureate · recognition · honoree
professor
Senior university teacher
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
- academicianLearned society member
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
scholar · intellectual · educator · scientist · researcher · theorist · Munich · World War I · World War II · conscience
Berlin
Germany's largest city
- MunichBavaria's largest city
- BavariaSoutheastern German state
- HeidelbergBaden-Württemberg university city
research institutes
Organizations pursuing systematic knowledge
- modern physicsScience of subatomic and relativistic phenomena
- commemorative stampsPostage honoring significant occasions
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
- PhysicistsAlbert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Enrico Fermi, Marie Curie
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- German ScienceAlbert Einstein, Carl Gauss, Einstein, Heisenberg, Gauss
- German ScientistsEinstein, Planck, Heisenberg, Gauss, Leibniz
- Nobel nomineesAlbert Einstein, Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway
- research facilitieslab, laboratories, laboratory, labs, research center
Max PlanckSigmund Freud
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