Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.

4 p. Planck was gifted when it came to music. In 1907 Planck was offered Boltzmann's position in Vienna but turned it down to stay in Berlin.

Together they constitute the fundamental theories of 20th-century physics. Both have led humanity to revise some of its most cheriMax Planckd philosophical beliefs[citation needed] and have brought about industrial and military applications that affect many aspects of modern life.