Max Planck was told that there was nothing new to be discovered in physics. He was about to embark on a career in physics that would set that idea on its ear. Planck was an extremely successful ...

In 1899 Max Planck became a professor at the University of Berlin, after nine years at the University of Munich and Kiel University, in Germany. In his research there, he turned to a thermodynamic ...

However, Planck was faced with a difficult decision in choosing his degree subject and later on his field of specialization, theoretical physics. After completing his school-leaving qualifications, he ...

Most prestigious among scientific prizes internationally is the Nobel Prize. Since its founding in 1948 the Max Planck Society can boast 24 Nobel Prize winners among its ranks. In addition, 15 Nobel ...

For months, DW's investigative unit, along with German newsmagazine Der Spiegel, has probed cases of abusive behavior and ...

Max Planck was told that there was nothing new to be discovered in physics. He was about to embark on a career in physics that would set that idea on its ear. Planck was an extremely successful ...

What led me to hard science was a course of mathematical lectures which I attended at the university and which gave me an inner satisfaction and animation," wrote the world-famous physicist Max Planck ...