max planck

     

He studied physics at the Univ. of Munich with Prof. Von Jolly & got his doctoral degree in 1879 (the year of Einstein's birth)

Trivia about max planck

  • In 1948 the Kaiser Wilhelm Society was renamed for this originator of the quantum theory
  • In 1918 this orignator of the quantum theory won the Nobel Prize for Physics
  • In 1930 this originator of the quantum theory became president of the scientific society later renamed for him
  • This contemporary of Einstein won the 1918 Nobel Prize for Physics
  • In 1918 this German received the Nobel Physics Prize for his quantum theory of radiation
  • In 1900 this theoretical physicist proposed that energy travels in discrete packets called quanta
  • He published his quantum theory in 1900 while a professor of physics in Berlin
  • In 1888 he became the first director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Berlin
  • A constant is named for this physicist who in 1900 postulated that energy is radiated in quanta
  • The first major physicist to support Albert's ideas, this quantum theory originator was a constant support
  • His discovery of energy quanta earned him the 1918 Nobel Prize for Physics

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