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Max Planck's Noble Prize In Physics

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Max Planck was born in Kiel, Germany, on April 23, 1858. He later died on October 9, 1947 (aged 89). Max was a German theoretical physicist, where his fame lay mainly with the origination and development of the quantum theory, which revolutionised our understanding of atomic and subatomic processes. Fort this he won the Noble Prize in Physics, 1918. Planck was the sixth child in his family and came from a high intellectual family. His great grandfather, and grandfather were both theology professors; his father, Wilhelm Planck, was also a distinguished professor of Law in Kiel University and Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU). Max graduated at an early age of 16 in July 1874, where he started his career and began his life.

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After completing his elementary years he attended secondary school in upper Bavaria. This is when Max found his love for music, and was awarded the school prize in catechism and good conduct almost every year. Towards the end of his schooling journey, Planck did not have any ideas in which subject to continue in University. Therefore his teachers increased his level of interest in subjects such as physics and mathematics. He became deeply interested in these two subjects and was impressed by the nature of the law of conservation of energy. He passed his examination tests with a distinction and left school, to University, still not entirely sure about where his studies should lie. Max decided to ask a musician of the possibility of a musical career, but he replied, telling him that it is better to study something else.

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