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1 The Historical Max Brandon R University of San Francisco

2 Credits MPG Archiv, Berlin Deutsches Museum Archiv, Munich Am. Phil. Soc. Archives Am. Inst. Physics Archives

3 Thank You Tony Zee & KITP Dr. Imke Listerman Prof. Emeritus J. Heilbron Prof. Dr. Dieter Hoffmann, U. Berlin & MPG Prof. Horacio Camblong, USF

4

5 People

6 People Physics Notes

7 People Physics Notes Times & Trials

8 People Physics Notes Times & Trials Rescue + Rebrand

9 People: Family

10 People: Family Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein

11 People: Family Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Munich, Bavaria

12 People: Family Hermann D.1870 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Munich, Bavaria

13 People: Family Hermann D.1870 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Germany Munich, Bavaria

14 People: Influences

15 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz

16 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff

17 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius

18 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius

19 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius S. Arrhenius

20 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius S. Arrhenius J.H. van t Hoff

21 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius S. Arrhenius J.H. van t Hoff

22 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius S. Arrhenius J.H. van t Hoff E. Kant

23 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius S. Arrhenius J.H. van t Hoff E. Kant J.W. von Goethe

24 People: Influences H. von Helmholtz G. Kirchhoff R. Clausius S. Arrhenius J.H. van t Hoff E. Kant J.W. von Goethe

25 People:

26 People:

27 People:

28 People: Contemporaries

29 People: Contemporaries H. Hertz

30 People: Contemporaries M. v Laue

31 People: Contemporaries L. Meitner

32 People: Contemporaries A. Einstein

33 People: Contemporaries P. Lenard J. Stark A. Einstein

34 Physics: 1894, Thermal Radiation

35 Physics: 1894, Thermal Radiation

36 Planck & Lorentz,

37 Planck & Lorentz, st Conference in 1898 (Age 45!), meets Planck

38 Planck & Lorentz, st Conference in 1898 (Age 45!), meets Planck 6 Letters on the Ether Problem

39 Planck & Lorentz, st Conference in 1898 (Age 45!), meets Planck 6 Letters on the Ether Problem Planck: (1) Ether Must Adhere to Earth, and (2)

40 Planck & Lorentz, st Conference in 1898 (Age 45!), meets Planck 6 Letters on the Ether Problem Planck: (1) Ether Must Adhere to Earth, and (2) I leave it in your capable hands.

41 L. Boltzmann & permutability 1877

42 L. Boltzmann & permutability 1877 ( p + n 1)! p! ( n 1)!

43 L. Boltzmann & permutability 1877 ( p + n 1)! p! ( n 1)! M. Planck & complexions 1900

44 M. Planck to C. Runge et al, Brieftagebuch, Feb. 1908

45 M. Planck to C. Runge et al, Brieftagebuch, Feb its full explanation can not be done by considering a process via processes we usually think of as continuous in time, that have, in fact, temporal discontinuities. Perhaps the Minkowski considerations...[are] worthwhile for a successful illustration...

46 M. Planck to C. Runge et al, Brieftagebuch, Feb its full explanation can not be done by considering a process via processes we usually think of as continuous in time, that have, in fact, temporal discontinuities. Perhaps the Minkowski considerations...[are] worthwhile for a successful illustration : Robert Le Théorie de l'action universelle et discontinue 1947: Hartland Snyder Quantized Space-Time

47 Times & Trials: Founding of K.W.G.

48 Times & Trials: Founding of K.W.G. Military Power and science are the twin pillars of Germany s Greatness.

49 Times & Trials: Founding of K.W.G. Military Power and science are the twin pillars of Germany s Greatness. -- Adolf v. Harnack

50 Times & Trials:

51 Times & Trials: Karl Planck, D. Spr. 1916, Verdun

52 Times & Trials: Karl Planck, D. Spr. 1916, Verdun turnip Winter

53 Times & Trials: Karl Planck, D. Spr. 1916, Verdun turnip Winter Grete Planck, D. May, 1917

54 Times & Trials: Karl Planck, D. Spr. 1916, Verdun turnip Winter Grete Planck, D. May, 1917 Erwin home, Oct., 1917

55 Times & Trials: Karl Planck, D. Spr. 1916, Verdun turnip Winter Grete Planck, D. May, 1917 Erwin home, Oct., 1917 Kaiser Abdicates, Nov., 1918

56 Times & Trials: Karl Planck, D. Spr. 1916, Verdun turnip Winter Grete Planck, D. May, 1917 Erwin home, Oct., 1917 Kaiser Abdicates, Nov., 1918 Emma Planck, D. Nov. 1919

57 Times & Trials:

58 Times & Trials: Planck s misfortune wrings my heart... I could not hold back the tears when I saw him Einstein to M. Born, Dec. 9, 1919

59 Times & Trials: Planck s misfortune wrings my heart... I could not hold back the tears when I saw him Einstein to M. Born, Dec. 9, I doubted the value of life Itself. -- Planck to Lorentz, Dec. 21, 1919

60 Times & Trials: Planck s misfortune wrings my heart... I could not hold back the tears when I saw him Einstein to M. Born, Dec. 9, I doubted the value of life Itself. -- Planck to Lorentz, Dec. 21, 1919 There are still... many high callings, and the value of life is determined by the Way it is lived. -- Planck to Lenz, Jan. 3, 1920

61 Times & Trials:

62 Times & Trials: MP = Lutheran Elder

63 Times & Trials: MP = Lutheran Elder MP Nobel Prize Lecture

64 Times & Trials: MP = Lutheran Elder MP Nobel Prize Lecture Notgemeinschaft founded

65 Times & Trials: MP = Lutheran Elder MP Nobel Prize Lecture Notgemeinschaft founded NSDAP formed

66 Times & Trials: MP = Lutheran Elder MP Nobel Prize Lecture Notgemeinschaft founded NSDAP formed Deutsche Physik

67 Times & Trials: S is --

68 Times & Trials:

69 Times & Trials:... a thunderstorm that will soon pass away. -- Planck, spring 1933.

70 Times & Trials: January: Hitler Rises & Erwin Planck Resigns.... a thunderstorm that will soon pass away. -- Planck, spring 1933.

71 Times & Trials: January: Hitler Rises & Erwin Planck Resigns. March: Einstein speaks... a thunderstorm that will soon pass away. -- Planck, spring 1933.

72 Times & Trials: January: Hitler Rises & Erwin Planck Resigns. March: Einstein speaks May: M.P. - Hitler meeting... a thunderstorm that will soon pass away. -- Planck, spring 1933.

73 Times & Trials: January: Hitler Rises & Erwin Planck Resigns. March: Einstein speaks May: M.P. - Hitler meeting June: pledges support... a thunderstorm that will soon pass away. -- Planck, spring 1933.

74 Times & Trials: January: Hitler Rises & Erwin Planck Resigns. March: Einstein speaks May: M.P. - Hitler meeting June: pledges support

75 Times & Trials: January: Hitler Rises & Erwin Planck Resigns. March: Einstein speaks May: M.P. - Hitler meeting June: pledges support Y l -- s

76 Reader Story: William Cahill

77 Reader Story: William Cahill

78 Times & Trials:

79 Times & Trials: MP

80 Times & Trials: MP a white jew

81 Times & Trials: MP a white jew The Anschluss / Meitner Escapes

82 Times & Trials: MP a white jew The Anschluss / Meitner Escapes Nazis take academy & MP Retires last positions

83 Trials:

84 Rogätz, Run, & Rescue

85 Rogätz, Run, & Rescue

86 Rogätz, Run, & Rescue Gerard Kuiper

87 Rogätz, Run, & Rescue Gerard Kuiper

88 Rogätz, Run, & Rescue Gerard Kuiper

89 Rebranding

90

91 Man muss optimist sein.

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