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Max Planck's Retracted Papers: Unpacking a 1940s Journal Mystery

Decades after his Nobel Prize, two 1940s papers by quantum mechanics pioneer Max Planck were inexplicably retracted by a German journal. Historians uncovered this baffling anomaly, raising questions about scientific archiving and historical integrity.

4 min

Jun 29, 2026