New Max Plank Biography Book Presentation | SF

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Professor Brown has written a new biography of the great German physicist Max Planck for general audiences. In particular, the book focuses on Planck’s personal story, his tragedies that often mirror those of 20th-century Germany, and his legacy in science. The book combines history, science, and personal voices from a different time.

On this night, Brandon will speak about the “heyday” of German physics in Berlin, the epicenter of a revolution in physics that lasts to this day. Scientists including Max Planck and his friend Albert Einstein opened new ways of thinking about light, matter, and the universe itself. They started with simple questions and uncovered possibilities as remarkable as black holes.

Press reviews:

“…engrossing, insightful, and definitive biography…”
— Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)
“… fascinating and deeply moving …Seldom have life, work, and love, and their nourishing intersections, been so well, so attentively, and so beautifully described.”
— Tracy Daugherty, author of “Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller”, and “Hiding Man: A Biography of Donald Barthelme”.
“Planck is beautifully written, dramatic, engaging, and completely accessible. … This engrossing and surprising book helps us understand some of the deepest and most fascinating topics in physics, while it also shows how personal relationships shaped the history of science.”
— Laura Helmuth, Science and Health Editor, Slate magazine.

Brandon R. Brown is a Professor of Physics at the University of San Francisco. He completed doctoral training in superconductivity, with postdoctoral work in science communication. His biophysics work on the electric sense of sharks, as covered by NPR and the BBC, has appeared in Nature, The Physical Review, and other research journals. His writing for general audiences has appeared in New Scientist, SEED, the Huffington Post, and other outlets. Brandon is represented by the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency.

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