Planck
Max Karl Ernst [mahks kahrl ernst], /mɑks kɑrl ɛrnst/, 1858–1947, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1918.
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That was when Planck discovered the first quantum effect in 1900.
If the Planck constant were 100 times larger, Trachenko says, “water would be like honey, and that probably would be the end of life because the processes in cells would not flow as efficiently.”
Fundamental constants place a new speed limit on sound | Emily Conover | October 9, 2020 | Science NewsLocated in the Atacama Desert in Chile, ACT observes the cosmic microwave background with a higher resolution than Planck did.
Despite a new measurement, the debate over the universe’s expansion rages on | Emily Conover | July 15, 2020 | Science NewsSome researchers had speculated that an unidentified source of experimental error in the Planck data could have accounted for the mismatch.
Despite a new measurement, the debate over the universe’s expansion rages on | Emily Conover | July 15, 2020 | Science NewsUsually the Planck regime is really far away from what we do.
The universe might have a fundamental clock that ticks very, very fast | Emily Conover | July 13, 2020 | Science News
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 PiperContaining 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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