23 avr. 1858 - Max Planck
Description:
When did they live?Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was born on April 23rd, 1858, and died on Octeber 4, 1947.
Where did they live?
Max Planck was the sixth child of a distinguished jurist and professor of law at the University of Kiel, where he grew up.
What new information did they contribute to the understanding of the atom?
Max originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918.
How did they find this new information?
Planck mathematically combined Wein's law and frequency in the simplest way possible, and transformed the result into a formula relating the energy of the radiation to its frequency.
Interesting facts
Planck became permanent secretary of the mathematics and physics sections of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1912 and held that position until 1938.
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
23 avr. 1858
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 167 ans