Max Planck

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist theoretical physicist

Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist regarded as the founder of quantum theory and a key figure in modern physics.

Aliases (1)

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → physicist → theoretical physicist →
academicAdvisor	Gustav Kirchhoff → Hermann von Helmholtz →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Lorentz Medal → Max Planck Medal → Nobel Prize in Physics → Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →
birthDate	1858-04-23 →
birthPlace	Duchy of Holstein → German Confederation → Kiel →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany →
deathDate	1947-10-04 →
deathPlace	Germany → Göttingen → Lower Saxony →
educatedAt	Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin NERFINISHED → Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED →
employer	Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Kiel NERFINISHED →
familyName	Planck →
fieldOfWork	physics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck →
givenName	Max →
hasNamesake	Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics → Max Planck Institute for Physics → Max Planck Society → Planck constant → Planck length → Planck space observatory → Planck temperature → Planck time →
influenced	Albert Einstein → Niels Bohr → Werner Heisenberg → quantum mechanics →
knownFor	Planck constant → Planck units → Planck's law of black-body radiation → black-body radiation law → foundations of quantum mechanics → quantum theory →
memberOf	Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities → Pontifical Academy of Sciences → Prussian Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
movement	modern physics →
notableWork	On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum →
positionHeld	professor of theoretical physics →
religion	Lutheranism →
spouse	Marga von Hoesslin → Marie Merck →

Referenced by (41)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fokker–Planck equation → Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry → Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization → Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology → Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research → Max Planck Medal → Max Planck Society → Planck constant → Planck length → Planck spacecraft →	namedAfter
Erwin Schrödinger → Max von Laue → Niels Bohr → Otto Laporte →	influencedBy
Humboldt University of Berlin → Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich → University of Kiel →	hasNotableAlumni
Helmholtz Medal → Matteucci Medal → Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Max von Laue → Moritz Schlick →	doctoralAdvisor
Gustav Kirchhoff → Hermann von Helmholtz →	hasInfluenced
Planck constant → Planck radiation law →	introducedBy
Copley Medal → Franklin Medal →	notableRecipient
Lise Meitner →	coWorker
Planck time →	definedBy
Physics →	developedBy
Gustav Kirchhoff →	doctoralStudent
Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt →	employerOf
Max Planck ("Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck") →	fullName
University of Tübingen →	hasNotableAlumnus
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →	hasNotableRecipient
Germany →	hasNotableScientist
Ludwig Boltzmann →	influenced
Planck time →	isNamedAfter
Prussian Academy of Sciences →	notableMember
Adriaan Fokker →	sharesEponymWith