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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.

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Brandon R. Brown I've been fascinated by Max Planck's life and times for at least the last 27 years or so. As a student, I was struck by the sadness in his old face an…moreI've been fascinated by Max Planck's life and times for at least the last 27 years or so. As a student, I was struck by the sadness in his old face and by the fact that he made his most important contribution in his 40's. That's not so common, especially in physics.(less)
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“Even in these times of ours,” he wrote in 1948, “when political passion and brute force hang like swords over the anguished heads of men, that even in such times there is being held high and undimmed the standard of our ideal search for truth.”
― Brandon R. Brown, Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War
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“I do urge you to get as little upset over the incident as I myself.”
― Brandon R. Brown, Planck: Driven by Vision, Broken by War
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