Max Planck

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


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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


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