Max Planck and Scientific Advancements
Max Planck reflects on his early education in physics under the guidance of Philipp von Jolly in Munich in 1874. Max Planck was a German physicist who is best known for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, which revolutionized the field of physics in the early 20th century.
“When I began my physical studies [in Munich in 1874] and sought advice from my venerable teacher Philipp von Jolly...he portrayed to me physics as a highly developed, almost fully matured science...Possibly in one or another nook there would perhaps be a dust particle or a small bubble to be examined and classified, but the system as a whole stood there fairly secured, and theoretical physics approached visibly that degree of perfection which, for example, geometry has had already for centuries.”
Max Planck On His Early Education
Question 1
Identify one perspective European scientists had about physics at the end of the 19th century.
Question 2
Describe one historical trend that allowed Planck and his contemporaries to make new scientific discoveries.
Question 3
Explain one way how discoveries made by Planck and his contemporaries advanced science in the early 20th century.
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