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Max Planck 1858-1947
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig
Planck lived 1858 - 1947 and was a German
physicist.
The quantum theory was his, and so was the
Nobel Prize
for Physics in 1918. And here is
Max's banquet speech.
Basically,
Max Planck and
Albert Einstein turned the world of science upside down.
Max Planck was
born in Kiel, Germany, grew up in Munich, and ended up in Berlin.
Max's
hobby was playing the piano, preferably the classics.
Max's wife
was Marie Merck. They had two sons and two daughters. Marie
died and Max married Marga von Hoesslin. Together they had
one son.
And here
is
all you need to know about Max provided by the Max-Planck-Society.
MAX ON A SWEDISH STAMP
1978
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