Max Born
German-Jewish physicist and mathematician (1882-1970)
Max Born (11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was a German-British physicist and mathematician who was important in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics and supervised the work of a number of important physicists in the 1920s and 30s. Born became a British subject in 1939. He won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Max Born | |
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 Max Born | |
| Born | 11 December 1882 |
| Died | 5 January 1970 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | German - British |
| Known for | Foundations of quantum mechanics |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1954) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Frankfurt am Main University of Göttingen University of Edinburgh |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl Runge |
| Doctoral students | Victor Frederick Weisskopf Robert Oppenheimer Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim Max Delbrück Walter Elsasser Friedrich Hund Pascual Jordan Maria Goeppert-Mayer Herbert S. Green Cheng Kaijia Werner Karl Heisenberg |
Born's descendants include his grandaughter Olivia Newton-John and his great-granddaughter Chloe Rose Lattanzi.
References
change- ↑ The wide-ranging family history of Max Born, G. V. R. Born, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 2002
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- American Institute of Physics History Search: Max Born Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
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- Annotated bibliography for Max Born from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Freeview video of Gustav Born (son of Max) with conversation and film on Gustav's memories of his father by the Vega Science Trust
- Max Born’s Life Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Max Born information from Nobel Winners site
- Nobel Laureate biography Archived 2004-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Papers of Professor Max Born (1882-1970) Held at the Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division
- Recollections of Max Born[permanent dead link], by Emil Wolf, in Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 227, Numbers 1-2. (Biographical tribute)
- Kuhn, Thomas S., John L. Heilbron, Paul Forman, and Lini Allen Sources for History of Quantum Physics Archived 2006-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (American Philosophical Society, 1967)
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