Max Planck
Scientist
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, FRS (/plɑːŋk/; German: [plaŋk]; April 23, 1858 – October 4, 1947) 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 as a physicist rests primarily on his role as an originator of the quantum theory. However, his name is also known on a broader academic basis, through the renaming in 1948 of the German scientific institution, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (of which he was twice president), as the Max Planck Society (MPS). The MPS now includes 83 institutions of scientific specialties, such as the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.Max Planck's quantum 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.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Planck Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (full name) |
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| Birth date | April 23, 1858 |
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| Birth name | Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck |
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| Birth place | Germany , Kiel , Duchy of Holstein |
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| Date of death | October 04, 1947 |
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| Place of death | Germany , Lower Saxony , Göttingen , Allied-occupied Germany |
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| Education | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
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