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Planck, plahngk, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858-1947), was a German theoretical physicist who concentrated on the study of thermodynamics. He was concerned with the phenomena of absorption and emission of heat and other kinds of radiant energy. In 1900, Planck originated the quantum theory when he proposed his law of radiation. This new theory revolutionized the field of physics. In 1918, Planck was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.
Jordan, Ernst Pascual (1902-1980), was a German physicist. He helped develop quantum mechanics, a field of physics that describes the structure of… More>>
Muller, Erwin W., also spelled Mueller (1911-1977), was a German-born American physicist who, in 1951, invented the ion microscope. He developed it… More>>
Mayer, MY uhr, Julius Robert von (1814-1878), was a German physician and physicist. He and James Joule shared credit for discovering the universal… More>>
Wien, Wilhelm (1864-1928), a German physicist, made important discoveries on the heat radiated by what he called a black body--an object that… More>>
Ohm, Georg Simon (1789-1854), a German physicist, in 1827 described the mathematical law of electric currents called Ohm's law (see Ohm's law). The… More>>
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