Max Planck — A Revolution He Never Wanted

di Night Lesson (Autore)

Night Lesson, 2026

A formula he himself considered a mathematical trick. An act of desperation, born in a single sleepless night in the year 1900. And yet: the foundation of an entirely new physics. Max Planck believed in order, in laws, in a world that could be calculated like a precise clockwork. He was no rebel. He was a man of classical physics, of Bach and Brahms, of quiet certainties. But when a stubborn riddle — the glow of heated bodies — defied every known law, only one radical assumption remained: energy does not flow like water, but falls in tiny, indivisible portions. Quanta. This book tells his story — quietly, in detail, written to help you sleep. You'll discover how a reluctantly accepted formula grew into a revolution that led Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, and Schrödinger toward an entirely new physics — one that remained foreign to Planck himself for the rest of his life. You'll follow him through two world wars, through personal tragedies almost too heavy for one man to bear, and through a quiet, unshakeable dignity that never broke, even in Germany's darkest years. A man who triggered a revolution he never wanted. And who, to the very end, believed in an order greater than any suffering. Part of the "Giants of the Mind" series

• Autore: Night Lesson
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Night Lesson
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235178076