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.

Max Planck - revolutionary against his will: On 19th October 1900, a revolution in physics begins unnoticed. On this day, Max Planck presents a new radiation law. It describes the energy distribution ...

Quantum uncertainty Max Planck is widely credited for being the first person to realize that the energy of a body is “quantized”, but history shows that this is probably not what he had in mind at the ...

IN a broadcast talk on Max Planck, in which whole-hearted tribute was paid to his great work, I used the words, "If I hesitate to put Planck on a level with Newton and Einstein it must be partly ...