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Max Planck
Fun Facts About Max Planck
- Max Planck's professor Philipp von Jolly advised him against theoretical physics, arguing that physics was almost complete. Planck later won the 1918 Nobel Prize for discovering energy quanta.[1]
- Planck had absolute pitch and played piano, organ, and cello. As a university student he composed an opera, Die Liebe im Walde.[1]
- Planck hosted weekly musical evenings at his Berlin home, which often included Albert Einstein on the violin.[1][3][4]
- Planck did only one set of experiments in his whole scientific career, studying how hydrogen diffuses through heated platinum.[1]
- Planck was deeply suspicious of Boltzmann's statistical approach, and he later called his own use of it "an act of despair".[1]
- In May 1933, Planck met Adolf Hitler and told him that the forced emigration of Jews would kill German science. He was unsuccessful.[1]
- Max Planck was alive at the same time as Donald Trump — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1946–1947).[1][2][5][6]
- Max Planck shares a birthday with William Shakespeare: both were born on April 23.[1][2][7][8]
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was a German theoretical physicist. He won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the services he rendered to the advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".[1]
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Questions About Max Planck
When was Max Planck born?
Max Planck was born on April 23, 1858, and died on October 4, 1947.
How old was Max Planck at death?
Max Planck was born on April 23, 1858, and died on October 4, 1947, at age 89.
What was Max Planck known for?
Max Planck was known for: Father of quantum theory. Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was a German theoretical physicist. He won the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the services he rendered to the advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".
Who was alive at the same time as Max Planck?
Max Planck's closest contemporary was George Bernard Shaw. Their lives overlapped for 89 years.
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