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Planck
Brandon R. Brown
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Description for Planck
The biography of Max Planck, a brilliant scientist living in Nazi Germany, and a man considered to be the father of quantum theory. Num Pages: 280 pages, With 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; BGT; HBJD; HBLW; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Planck's Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as "the basis of all twentieth-century physics." Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work laid the foundation for our modern understanding of matter and energetic processes. But Planck's story is not well known, especially in the United States. A German physicist working during the first half of the twentieth century, his library, personal journals, notebooks, and letters were all destroyed with his home in World War II. What remains, other ... Read more
Planck's Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as "the basis of all twentieth-century physics." Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum theory, and his work laid the foundation for our modern understanding of matter and energetic processes. But Planck's story is not well known, especially in the United States. A German physicist working during the first half of the twentieth century, his library, personal journals, notebooks, and letters were all destroyed with his home in World War II. What remains, other ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190219475
SKU
V9780190219475
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About Brandon R. Brown
Brandon R. Brown is a Professor of Physics at the University of San Francisco. He completed doctoral training in superconductivity, with postdoctoral work in science communication. His biophysics work on the electric sense of sharks, as covered by NPR and the BBC, has appeared in Nature, The Physical Review, and other research journals. His writing for general audiences has appeared ... Read more
Reviews for Planck
I loved every aspect of this engaging portrait of Max Planck.
Naomi Pasachoff, Metascience
Historians of leading physicists and their complex scientific theories will appreciate Brown's inclusion of many of them here. He valiantly tries to explain these theories in simple terms, including Einsteins work, but often comes up short. This is not a weakness but an indication ... Read more
Naomi Pasachoff, Metascience
Historians of leading physicists and their complex scientific theories will appreciate Brown's inclusion of many of them here. He valiantly tries to explain these theories in simple terms, including Einsteins work, but often comes up short. This is not a weakness but an indication ... Read more