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Aug 12, 2012 · Named in his honour, ESA’s Planck mission is now analysing the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, which was formed soon after the Big Bang. The data Planck collects will allow astronomers to search for clues about how galaxies form and cluster together, giving us the large-scale structure we see around us in space today.
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Max Planck, (born April 23, 1858, Kiel, Schleswig—died Oct. 4, 1947, Göttingen, Ger.), German physicist. He studied at the Universities of Munich and Kiel, then became professor of theoretical physics at the University of Berlin (1889–1928). His work on the second law of thermodynamics and blackbody radiation led him to formulate the ...
For (1) his discovery of the law of the universal dissipation of energy; (2) his researches and eminent services in physics, both experimental & mathematical, especially in the theory of electricity and thermodynamics. 1884.
Quick Info. Born. 23 April 1858. Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (now Germany) Died. 4 October 1947. Göttingen, Germany. Summary. Max Planck initiated the study of quantum mechanics when he announced in 1900 his theoretical research into the radiation and absorption of heat/light by a black body. View ten larger pictures. Biography.
Max Planck. 1858 - 1947. Max Planck was told that there was nothing new to be discovered in physics. He was about to embark on a career in physics that would set that idea on its ear. As a...
(1858 - 1947) << Back to List of Important Scientists. Max Planck was a German theoretical physicist, considered to be the initial founder of quantum theory, and one of the most important physicists of the 20th Century.
