Planck

American  

[plahngk] / plɑŋk /

noun

1. Max Karl Ernst 1858–1947, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1918.

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Planck British  

/ plaŋk, plæŋk /

noun

1. 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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Planck Scientific  

/ plängk /

1. 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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Planck

Quantum theory suggests there is in fact such a limit, called the Planck length.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Decades carefully tracking stars orbiting our galaxy's central black hole, Sagittarius A*, have led to this breakthrough discovery," Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

"One of the worm's bacterial symbionts stores enormous amounts of carbon as PHA," says corresponding author Nicole Dubilier, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Clemens Ries, who had recently joined the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry for an internship as he approached the end of his biology degree, took on the challenge.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

The problem arose because the ordinary assumptions of statistical mechanics—the laws of physics—did not lead Planck to his formula.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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