Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858 - 1947)

* 23 April 1858, † 4 October 1947

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was born on 23 April 1858 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (now Germany). Max Planck initiated the study of quantum mechanics when he announced in 1900 his theoretical research into the radiation and absorption of heat/light by a black body. Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck died on 4 October 1947 in Göttingen, Germany.