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Max Planck: One hundredth birthday celebration

AUG 01, 1958
V. F. Weisskopf

On April 24–25, the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin and the German Physical Societies held memorial sessions in Berlin to commemorate the 100th birthday of Max Planck. This celebration was a remarkable event in many respects, but primarily in that it was the first time scientists from the two sectors of Germany had collaborated on a common project. Scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain spoke at the meetings, which were held alternately in East and in West Berlin. In the true spirit of Max Planck, the celebration became a symbol of the fact that science represents values beyond the scope of politics.

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V. F. Weisskopf. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Volume 11, Number 8

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