He's starting to lose the baby and look more little boy


and has started to throw the friends as soon as he sits down. it's kind of hilarious

• Name: Max Planck (1858-1947)
  
• From: Quantum Theory
  
• About: Max Planck was a great physicist recognized as the founder of quantum theory. Quantum theory recognizes that energy is only transmitted in fixed increments, or "quanta," defined by the wavelength of the radiation and a fixed unit known as the Planck constant. This upended classical models of physics that assumed energy flowed continuously (like a stream). Plack's work led to a whole set of Planck units, and paved the way for other achievements like Einstein's theory of relativity and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ironically, though, Planck initially doubted his own work and that of his colleagues, because the quantum view of the universe was so different from what he had learned and expected. Planck received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918 for his work on quantum theory. He remained in Germany throughout World War I and World War II, and died in 1947. His legacy lives on in the Max Planck Society, among other institutions.
  
• Quote: "A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
  
• Connection: Jen's great-great(-great?) grandfather was Theodor Escherich, a famous German scientist who discovered the Escherichia coli bacteria (which was named for him after his death). That doesn't have much to do with quantum mechanics, but it is pretty cool, and they were both German scientists so that ought to count. Jonathan doesn't have much standing here, since the worst grade of his academic career came in the 2nd semester of physics his sophomore year of college, when he was distracted by directing a play and discovering the Internet. He barely attended class and thus barely understood electromagnetism. Someday he will finally figure out how to do math with closed-surface integrals, and move on to quantum mechanics from there.
  
• Meta: Max Planck's son Erwin was implicated in the plot to kill Hitler and executed in 1945. (Yes, the same plot in Bryan Singer's upcoming Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie.) Nobody needs to see another picture of Tom Cruise so here is Max Planck's son Erwin instead:
  
  

• Name: Maxwell Edison
  
• From: Maxwell's Silver Hammer (The Beatles, Abbey Road, 1969)
  
• About: Maxwell is the lead character in this catchy Beatles song about a murderous med student who kills his girlfriend, his teacher, and the judge sentencing him. Very hummable but clearly a real "don't be like this, kids" song. It was written by Paul McCartney and was apparently one of the all-time least favorite songs of the rest of the Beatles.
  
• Quote: "The worst session ever was 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.' It was the worst track we ever had to record. It went on for f***ing weeks. I thought it was mad." -- Ringo Starr in a 2008 interview.
  
• Connection: Everyone of our parents' generation who meets Max starts humming this song. It is food for thought when the first thing that comes to someone's mind when they think of your son is a song about a happy serial killer. Oh well, at least we didn't name him Dexter.
  
• Meta: Steve Martin sang this song in the egregious 1978 movie Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Apparently this performance is so bad that even YouTube won't post it and all that is available are a few fairly traumatic-looking still images. So instead I will leave you with this clip from Let It Be of Paul teaching the song to the other Beatles. Thanks as always to YouTube:
  
  
  

• Name: Max
  
• From: Where the Wild Things Are (1964)
  
• About: In the famous children's book by Maurice Sendak, Max is sent to bed after a night of making mischief. From his room he sails to the place where the wild things are and is made king. When he returns home his supper is waiting for him and it is still hot.
  
• Quote: But the wild things cried, "Oh please don't go -- we'll eat you up -- we love you so!"
  
• Connection: The name of this blog comes from the book, which was one of Jen and Jonathan's (and their parents') favorites growing up. Jonathan's mom has a signed copy, and Jen's dad has already read it to Max once.
  
• Meta: When John Lasseter of Pixar fame was a young animator working at Disney, he did test work for a drawn/CGI hybrid movie of the book. Here is a clip, thanks to YouTube:
  
  
  

Max was not named after anyone, but since picking the name I have noticed how many Maxes there are out there. It's like when you buy a certain make of car and suddenly you see them everywhere. To get this out of my system I'll be attempting to post a Max of the week.

• Name: Max Fischer
  
• From: Rushmore (1998)
  
• About: Played by Jason Schwartzman, Max Fischer is the lead character in one of Wes Anderson's best movies. He stages plays based on famous movies like Serpico, compulsively starts clubs, and is such a bad student he ends up getting expelled and going to public school. He also falls in love with a teacher and convinces Bill Murray to build an $8 million aquarium for her, before meeting his true soul mate, the clever and earnest Margaret Yang.
  
• Quote: "Maybe I'm spending too much of my time starting up clubs and putting on plays. I should probably be trying harder to score chicks."
  
• Connection: At our wedding, we asked a string trio from the Capriccio Ensemble to play "Margaret Yang's Theme" as our recessional music. We still have the sheet music if anyone wants it.
  
• Meta: For the 1999 MTV Movie Awards, the Max Fischer players did a series of very funny short plays based on the nominated movies. Here they are, thanks to YouTube: