Max Planck
Max Planck
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, FRSwas a German theoretical physicist whose work on quantum theory won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 April 1858
CityKiel, Germany
CountryGermany
Max Planck quotes about
intelligent men mind
As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.
acquisition scientist attainment
A scientist is happy, not in resting on his attainments but in the steady acquisition of fresh knowledge.
insight application
Insight must precede application.
difficulty ifs has-beens
A new truth always has to conend with many difficulties. If it were not so, it would have been discovered much sooner.
unlimited precision
It is never possible to predict a physical occurrence with unlimited precision.
opponents triumph dies
Truth never triumphs-its opponents just die out,
numbers chemistry physics
Physical changes take place continuously, while chemical changes take place discontinuously. Physics deals chiefly with continuous varying quantities, while chemistry deals chiefly with whole numbers.
intelligent curves light
Thus, the photons which constitute a ray of light behave like intelligent human beings: out of all possible curves they always select the one which will take them most quickly to their goal.