Birds and Frogs

#4 Max Planck: Father of Quantum Theory


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What I learned from reading Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War and Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers


Episode Outline:

- Intro to Max Planck

- Early Life and Education

- Tending the Garden of Physics

- The Path to Quantum Theory

- Friendship with Einstein

- Family Life and Personal Tragedies

- The Birth of Quantum Mechanics

- Scientific Legacy

- Planck's Philosophical Outlook

- Final Years and Legacy

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Birds and FrogsBy Avidan Rudansky