Max Born
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 Max Born | |
| Born | 11 December 1882 |
| Died | 5 January 1970(aged 87) |
| Nationality | German-British |
| Known for | Foundations ofquantum 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 |
Max Born(11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was aGerman-Britishphysicistandmathematicianwho was important in the development ofquantum mechanics.He also made contributions tosolid-state physicsandopticsand supervised the work of a number of important physicists in the 1920s and 30s. Born became aBritish subjectin 1939. He won the 1954Nobel Prize in Physics.
Born'sdescendantsinclude his grandaughterOlivia Newton-Johnand his great-granddaughterChloe Rose Lattanzi.
References[change|change source]
- ↑The wide-ranging family history of Max Born,G. V. R. Born, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 2002
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- Annotated bibliography for Max Born from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear IssuesArchived2006-08-28 at theWayback 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 LifeArchived2013-11-13 at theWayback Machine
- Max Born information from Nobel Winners site
- Nobel Laureate biographyArchived2004-08-21 at theWayback 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, inAstrophysics and Space Science,Volume 227, Numbers 1-2. (Biographical tribute)
- Kuhn, Thomas S., John L. Heilbron, Paul Forman, and Lini AllenSources for History of Quantum PhysicsArchived2006-10-04 at theWayback Machine(American Philosophical Society, 1967)
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