What are the contributions of Max Planck?

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          Max Planck was born on 23rd April 1858 in Germany. Planck came from a traditional, intellectual family.



          Planck’s fame as a physicist rests primarily on his role as the originator of the quantum theory. Planck’s theory, won him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918. He was elected to foreign membership of the Royal Society in 1926, and was awarded the Society’s Copley Medal in 1928.



          Max Planck led an unfortunate, tragic life after he was 50. In 1909, his first wife, Marie Merck died after 22 years of happy marriage, leaving Planck with two sons and twin daughters. The elder son Karl was killed in 1916. His two daughters Margarete and Emma died during childbirth.



          World War II brought further tragedy. Planck’s house in Berlin was completely destroyed by bombs in 1944. His younger son Erwin died a horrible death. Max Planck died on 4th October 1947.



          In 1948, the German scientific institution the Kaiser Wilhelm Society was renamed as the Max Planck Society, which now includes 83 institutions representing a wide range of scientific fields.



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