MAX PLANCKMax Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, a German theoretical physicist, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 at the age of sixty. Planck is often considered the father of quantum theory due to his groundbreaking discoveries regarding light and energy and how his discoveries led to the creation and development of quantum theory. In the early 1900s, Planck hypothesized that oscillating atoms absorbed and emitted energy not continuously, but rather in discrete packets of light that would later be known as "quanta." and possibly “photons”. Additionally, he created an equation to model the energy of each photon. [2][3][6][8] Planck's work opened the doors of discovery for other physicists such as Einstein to build on these theories and complete the quantum theory we now know and love to learn. E = hvE = energy of photonh (Planck's constant) = 6.62606957(29) × 10-34v (sometimes f) = frequency of lightThe great physicist Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck was born on April 23, 1858 in the capital of northern Germany, Kiel, of his father Johann Julius Wilhelm Planck and his mother Emma Patzig. Being the son of his father's second wife and the 6th child in the family didn't hold Max back in any way. At the age of nine, when his family moved to Munich, Planck was admitted to Maximillian Gymnasium, a renowned secondary school in Munich, where his love for physics and mathematics flourished. When he graduated at the age of 17, he chose to pursue his first love, physics, rather than music. Despite this decision, he remained an excellent recreational musician, often performing works by his favorite composers such as Schubert and Brahms. He was also an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hiking, walks middle of paper ......s, W. and Freudenrich, C. (2011). How light works. Retrieved from http://science.howstuffworks.com/light6.htm3. Kessel, H. (2003). Chemistry Nelson 12. Toronto: Thomson Nelson.4. Louis de Broglie - biography. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1929/broglie-bio.html5. Nave, R. (2011). Uncertainty principle. Retrieved from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/uncer.html6. Quantum theory. (2001). Retrieved from http://dwb.unl.edu/Teacher/NSF/C04/C04Links/www.fwkc.com/encyclopedia/low/articles/q/q021000030f.html7. Wener Heisenberg - biography. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1932/heisenberg-bio.html8. Wolff, M. (n.d.). Quantum physics: Max Planck. Retrieved from http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Physics-Max-Planck.htm