Max Planck was a German physicist born in 1858 who made several seminal contributions to physics and the development of quantum theory. Some of his major achievements included publishing papers that established quantum theory and defined Planck's constant, which established the quantization of energy that was a revolutionary development in physics. He also studied black body radiation and established Planck's law of black-body radiation. The Max Planck Institute was established in his honor and continues important research in fields of science today.

1. MAX PLANCK
MUHAMAD GHALIB YOUSUFI
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2. INTRODUCTION :
• Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck.
• Born in Kiel, Germany, on 23 April, 1858
• Johann Julius Wilhem Planck
• Emma Patzig.
• His great-grandfather and grandfather were both Theology
professors in Göttingen.
• Max was the youngest of six children,
two of them from his father’s first
marriage
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4. ACHIEVEMENTS :
• At the age of 21, he completed his thesis on the second law
of thermodynamics.
• Lecturer _ University of Munich _ 1880 -1885.
• In 1900 _ Black Body Radiation.
• Energy radiated units are “QUANTA”.
• Published papers on thermo dynamicity and entropy.
• Noble prize – 1918
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5. CONTRIBUTIONS :
His major contributions to physics are:
• PLANK’S QUANTUM THEORY.
• PLANK’S CONSTANT.
• BLACK BODY RADIATION.
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6. MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE
• The Max Planck Institute is a an
independent non-profit society
devoted to research for the
advancement of science.
• There are currently 80 research
facilities throughout Germany in the
following fields of study listed below…
• Biology and Medicine
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Technology
• Humanities
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7. • Max also worked with Albert Einstein for many years.
• Max also has a great contribution in the
invention of the theory of relativity.
• He had also written many books which
includes:
 Vorlesungen über Thermodynamik (1897)
 Entropy and Temperature of Radiant Heat - Annalen der Physik,
vol. 1. no 4. April, pg. 719-737 (1900)
 On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum
– Annalen der Physik, vol. 4, p. 553 ff (1901)
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8. • After several happy years the Planck family was struck
with several tragedies.
• In October 1909, Marie Planck died from tuberculosis.
• All of his family members were killed in a missile attack in
the World War I.
• And finally in the year 1947, this legend died of heart
attack.
• THANKYOU
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