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RefNoMS/603/9/45
Previous numbers1595
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Max Planck, Berlin Grunewald, to [Joseph Larmor]
CreatorPlanck; Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858-1947); German theoretical physicist
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date14 October 1910
DescriptionHe has just returned from Professor [Heinrich] Rubens and learned that Larmor had already left. Planck has no choice but to express his thanks by letter and to add how very sorry he was to be away yesterday afternoon. He would have liked to discuss some scientific matters with Larmor, in particular, what he thought about the elements of disturbance in free thermal radiation. Planck believes that if Maxwell-Hertz equations are applied to pure vacuum, there is no room left for discrete elements of any kind, because those equations represent unique physical processes under certain boundary conditions. He hopes to have the opportunity to talk to Larmor about this at some later time. Planck was very sorry that his family's grief prevented him from celebrating the university festival properly, but such burdens of fate must be borne.
LanguageGerman
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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