PLANCK, Max (1858-1947). - photo 1
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PLANCK, Max (1858-1947).

Lot 85
12.07.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 993181
Lot 85 | PLANCK, Max (1858-1947).
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PLANCK, Max (1858-1947).

Autograph letter signed ('M. Planck') to an unidentified colleague [the mathematician Ernst Richard Neumann], Berlin-Grunewald, 6 June 1922.

In German. Two pages, 178 x 112mm, bifolium. Provenance: collection of Albin Schram (1926-2005); his sale, Christie's, 3 July 2007, lot 542.



On the reception of Einstein's theory of relativity. Planck writes to thank Neumann for sending his introductory lectures on the theory of relativity [Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Relativitätstheorie. Jena, 1922): 'As I am already persuaded from a cursory glance at the work, it meets an existing need in spite of the numerous publications already available in this field, since it strikes a certain balance between the interests of physicists and those of mathematicians. The former mainly want to know why it became necessary to extend classical mechanics, and the latter want a close connection with the theorems of analysis and of geometry. That is why your digression into the theory of surfaces is also very apposite, in my opinion'



Max Planck was one of the small number of scientists to recognise at once the significance of Einstein's special theory of relativity, and his influence was critical to its swift acceptance within Germany; as dean of Berlin University, he made a personal visit to Einstein in Zurich in 1913 to convince him to move to Berlin, his base for the next 20 years. Einstein's 1905 paper on the photoelectric effect (for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize) builds on Planck's constant (h), the fundamental unit of quantum theory.

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