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Max Planck

Also known as Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, Planck, Max

German theoretical physicist (1858–1947)

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Max Planck was a physicist born on 23 April 1858 and died on 4 October 1947. He received one Nobel Prize.

His work is recognized in several collections held by the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Nobel Foundation. Specifically, he is included in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, and the Copley Medal collection.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics1918
“in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ludwig
Gender: male
Citizenship: German Reich
Place of birth: Kiel
Place of death: Göttingen
Occupation: philosopher
Position held: professor
Employer: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Political party: German People's Party
Languages spoken: German
Religion: Lutheranism
Notable work: Planck's law
Doctoral advisor: Alexander von Brill
Student of: Gustav Bauer
Doctoral student: Eduard Grüneisen
Field of work: philosophy
Instrument: organ
Image: Max Planck.png
Work location: Munich
Residence: Munich

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member of: Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony
place of burial: Göttingen City Cemetery
Commons category: Max Planck
date of birth: 1858-04-23
date of death: 1947-12-04
writing language: German
topic's main category: Category:Max Planck
birth name: Maximilian Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
Commons gallery: Max Planck
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physics
student: Walter H. Schottky
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
cause of death: myocardial infarction
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Max Planck
Commons Creator page: Max Planck
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
interested in: physics

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Encyclopedic overview

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (/plɑːŋk/; German: [ˈmaks ˈplaŋk] ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist. He was awarded the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the services he rendered to the advancement of physics by his discovery of energy quanta".

Planck made many contributions to theoretical physics, primarily in his role as the originator of quantum theory and one of the founders of modern physics, which revolutionized understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. He is known for the Planck constant,

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