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allowed as much time as he
wanted to work on his theories.
When Albert was first
offered the position at the
University of Berlin, he
wanted some time to think it
over. One of the reasons he
hesitated was because he
disliked the German education
system, which he felt was too inflexible
compared to that of other European nations.
He promised Planck that he would make a final
decision in a few days.
MAX PLANCK
Max Planck (1858–1947) was a German
physicist. His greatest contribution to the
field concerned quantum theory. This dealt
with the behavior of light and matter at the
atomic and subatomic levels. It earned
him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
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