Article ID: CBB000029869

Max Planck and the “black year” of German physics (1994)

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Description Reviews the lives and work of Heinrich Hertz, August Kundt and Hermann von Helmholtz, three physicists who died in 1894, the year described by Max Planck as the “black year”, and discusses Planck's evaluation of their effect on physics.


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Authors & Contributors
Buchwald, Jed Z.
Mulligan, Joseph F.
D'Agostino, Salvatore
Stoltzenberg, Dietrich J.
Pattona, Lydia
Morrison, Margaret C.
Publishers
Springer
Concepts
Physics
Ether
Mechanics
History of philosophy of science
Theory (philosophy)
Pluralism (philosophy)
People
Tanaka, Shōhei
Planck, Max
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Fokker, Adriaan Daniël
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
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