2. INTRODUCTION :
• Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck.
• Born in Kiel, Germany, on 23 April, 1858
• Johann Julius Wilhem Planck
• Emma Patzig.
• His great-grandfather and grandfather were both Theology
professors in Göttingen.
• Max was the youngest of six children,
two of them from his father’s first
marriage
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4. ACHIEVEMENTS :
• At the age of 21, he completed his thesis on the second law
of thermodynamics.
• Lecturer _ University of Munich _ 1880 -1885.
• In 1900 _ Black Body Radiation.
• Energy radiated units are “QUANTA”.
• Published papers on thermo dynamicity and entropy.
• Noble prize – 1918
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5. CONTRIBUTIONS :
His major contributions to physics are:
• PLANK’S QUANTUM THEORY.
• PLANK’S CONSTANT.
• BLACK BODY RADIATION.
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6. MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE
• The Max Planck Institute is a an
independent non-profit society
devoted to research for the
advancement of science.
• There are currently 80 research
facilities throughout Germany in the
following fields of study listed below…
• Biology and Medicine
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Technology
• Humanities
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7. • Max also worked with Albert Einstein for many years.
• Max also has a great contribution in the
invention of the theory of relativity.
• He had also written many books which
includes:
Vorlesungen über Thermodynamik (1897)
Entropy and Temperature of Radiant Heat - Annalen der Physik,
vol. 1. no 4. April, pg. 719-737 (1900)
On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum
– Annalen der Physik, vol. 4, p. 553 ff (1901)
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8. • After several happy years the Planck family was struck
with several tragedies.
• In October 1909, Marie Planck died from tuberculosis.
• All of his family members were killed in a missile attack in
the World War I.
• And finally in the year 1947, this legend died of heart
attack.
• THANKYOU
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