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PLANCK
PLANCK
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Max Planck (1858 - 1947),
German
physicist
. Originated and
developed
the
quantum theory
: the
theory
that
energy
, such as light, is not given off or absorbed in a continuous
flow
but in a
series
of small, separate
bits
, each bit being an amount of
energy
called a "
quantum
."
—PDC Volume 8 Approved Glossary