Max Born
Max Born was a German–British theoretical physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics, and supervised the work of a number of notable physicists in the 1920s and 1930s. He shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics with Walther Bothe "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction."
Background
- Born in
- Wrocław
- Educated at
- Heidelberg UniversityUniversity of GöttingenUniversity of ZurichUniversity of WrocławGonville and Caius College
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Physics🏆 Max Planck Medal🏆 Hughes Medal🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Carl David Tolmé Runge
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Maria Goeppert Mayer
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"I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. We do n…"
"Annotated bibliography for Max Born from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues"
"Video of Gustav Born reminiscing about his father by the Vega Science Trust"
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Timeline
1882
Born
Birth1970
Died
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