Planck
Max Karl Ernst [mahks kahrl ernst], /mɑks kɑrl ɛrnst/, 1858–1947, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1918.
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, working paper, 2007.
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, working paper, 2007 ( pdf).
A somewhat different procedure, in terms of entropy as fundamental, has been adopted and developed by Planck.
Planck attempts to explain these facts by introducing the idea of what he calls “quanta” of energy.
A Librarian's Open Shelf | Arthur E. BostwickIt's a wonder he hasn't put the value of Planck's Constant on the classified list.
The Mercenaries | Henry Beam Piper
Containing 400 positions selected from the Works of C. Planck and others.
Old and New Paris, v. 2 | Henry Sutherland EdwardsThe theory of “path nasiks” is dealt with in a pamphlet by C. Planck .
British Dictionary definitions for Planck
/ (plæŋk, German plaŋk) /
Max (Karl Ernst Ludwig) (maks). 1858–1947, German physicist who first formulated the quantum theory (1900): Nobel prize for physics 1918
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Scientific definitions for Planck
[ plängk ]
German physicist who in 1900 formulated quantum theory, which explained and predicted certain phenomena that could not be accounted for in classical physics. Planck's theory was essential to the work of Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and many other modern physicists. In 1918 he won the Nobel Prize for physics.
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