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| − | '''Max Planck''' (1858-1947) was a great [[Germany|German]] physicists. | + | '''Max Planck''' (Kiel 1858 - Göttingen 1947) was a great [[Germany|German]] physicists. He advanced the subjects of [[thermodynamics]], [[thermoelectricity]], and the theory of [[dilute solutions]], and was one of the founders of [[quantum mechanics]]. |
Planck's revolutionary discovery, one of the most influential in all of science, was that a resonator could emit energy in discrete units, or quanta. The energy emitted by a resonator of frequency '''''ν''''' is '''''hν''''', where "'''''h'''''" is a universal constant that is now called Planck's constant. This explanation resolved important discrepancies between theory and observations, and helped lay a foundation for the development of quantum mechanics. | Planck's revolutionary discovery, one of the most influential in all of science, was that a resonator could emit energy in discrete units, or quanta. The energy emitted by a resonator of frequency '''''ν''''' is '''''hν''''', where "'''''h'''''" is a universal constant that is now called Planck's constant. This explanation resolved important discrepancies between theory and observations, and helped lay a foundation for the development of quantum mechanics. | ||
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Planck was award the [[Nobel Prize]] for physics in 1918.<ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref> | Planck was award the [[Nobel Prize]] for physics in 1918.<ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005</ref> | ||
| − | Planck's son was executed in 1945 for | + | Planck's son was executed in 1945 for his part in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] in 1944. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 04:24, May 20, 2008
Max Planck (Kiel 1858 - Göttingen 1947) was a great German physicists. He advanced the subjects of thermodynamics, thermoelectricity, and the theory of dilute solutions, and was one of the founders of quantum mechanics.
Planck's revolutionary discovery, one of the most influential in all of science, was that a resonator could emit energy in discrete units, or quanta. The energy emitted by a resonator of frequency ν is hν, where "h" is a universal constant that is now called Planck's constant. This explanation resolved important discrepancies between theory and observations, and helped lay a foundation for the development of quantum mechanics.
Planck was award the Nobel Prize for physics in 1918.[1]
Planck's son was executed in 1945 for his part in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1944.
References
- ↑ The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al, 2005