MadSci Network: Science History
Query:

Re: Whose gravestone contains only his name and the small letter 'H'

Date: Wed Apr 21 08:11:35 1999
Posted By: Dan Berger, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Science History
ID: 924563860.Sh
Message:

I think it was Max Planck; "h" is the symbol for Planck's Constant, the
physical quantity which defines the "graininess" of energy.

                                       Dan Berger
                                       MadSci Administrator


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