Max Planck

:This article is about Planck, the German physicist. For the proposed European Space Agency artificial satellite, see "Planck (satellite)".

Final years

After the war, a number of German physicists assembled in Göttingen in order to reestablish the

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Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft. In July of 1945, Planck agreed to act formally as its president, again. The British occupation authorities insisted on changing the name, and therefore in February 1948 the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft was established.

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1948 - Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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Despite his deteriorating health, Planck resumed travelling in order to give public talks. In 1946, he went to London on the occasion of the 300th birthday of Isaac Newton. He was the only German invited.

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1946 - Isaac Newton

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On April 1st of 1946, Planck was succeded as president of the KWG by Otto Hahn.

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1946 - Otto Hahn

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On October 4th, 1947, he died from the consequences of a fall and several strokes.

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