04/03/1858 – 10/04/1947
Max Planck is one of the most famous names in theoretical physics, in 1918 he won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of energy quanta and he also provided the world with Planckās Constant. A number that allows physicists to calculate the energy contained within certain matter, for instance, a photon. From a young age, Max Planck was noticed as a gifted person in intellect and decorum, he attended a school for gifted children and went on to the University of Munich and Berlin. Upon becoming a lecturer he helped define the second law of thermodynamics, arguably the most important law in our universe. A large portion of his life saw him devote his research to blackbody radiation, the absorption of all matter, and electromagnetic radiationā¦. what we now know as black holes. This led him to the study of the quanta and his remarkable discoveries here.
