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PLANCK (2)
PLANCK (2)
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Max
Planck
(1858 - 1947),
German
physicist
. Originated and
developed
the
Quantum Theory
(the
theory
that
energy
, such a s 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
).
See also
quantum
and
quantum mechanics
in this glossary.
—Secrets of the
Mest Universe
Glossary (approved 26-9-90)