Max Planck

Max Planck was a German physicist who discovered that energy that is emitted is released in small packets called quanta. He related the amount of energy released to the frequency of the wave.

Articles that Max Planck Appeared in...

The History of the Atomic Model: Rutherford and Bohr

The work of J.J Thomson’s student, Ernest Rutherford, led to the discovery of the Proton. Working with alpha particles fired at a piece of gold foil it was observed that instead of passing straight through it was scattered. Suggesting there was something large in the centre of the atom.

The History of the Atomic Model: Wave Particle Duality

Wave Particle Duality was a revolutionary way of treating electrons as not just particles but also as waves at the same time. This opened up new doors in the explanation of the atom and its behaviours influencing the field of Quantum Mechanics.

The History of the Atomic Model: Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle

Now that the electron could be treated as a wave and as a particle, the work of Werner Heisenberg was important in quantifying this as a mathematical concept and furthering our understanding of the mysterious electron.