Planck, Max

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A German physicist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Planck was one of the founders of quantum mechanics. (See Planck's constant.)

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We fight over their ownership and control, as if reality were a resource as scarce as the water and oil in Mad Max.
On Torture, Chuck Johnson & Sondheim|James Poulos|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Picasso and Guillaume can laugh through an entire night of suggestions, inventions, songs, games that Max plays with his face.
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“Max in particular has been very smart about staying current and remaining a student of the craft,” Borchetta says.
Taylor Swift’s Secret Music Man: Max Martin, Elusive Hitmaker|Debra A. Klein|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Max, [my] agent, make me rich,” she says, the crowd roaring.
Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in Question|Nicholas McCarvel|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Salmond had initially asked for a package of additional powers, known as “Devo max” to be included on the ballot paper.
Anarchy for the U.K.? British Leaders Panicking Over Scottish Vote for Independence|Nico Hines|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A pupil of her father until his death, when she became a student under Gabriel Max, in Munich, for a year.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
They sniffed once at the bar, but followed their stubbled chins into the back room at max acc.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
Then Max Bray lit a cigar, and sat thinking over the events of the past few days, and of what he had done.
By Birth a Lady|George Manville Fenn
Max Bray arranged all future matters to his entire satisfaction, but again there were contingencies that he could not foresee.
By Birth a Lady|George Manville Fenn
There were three other passengers in the train this time; but a movement upon the part of Max Bray now troubled her.
By Birth a Lady|George Manville Fenn