Max Born

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Max Born was a German physicist and Nobel laureate who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics, particularly in the statistical interpretation of the wave function.


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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics
human
physicist
theoretical physicist
academicDegree doctorate in mathematics
awardReceived Hughes Medal
Max Planck Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
Stokes Medal
birthDate 1882-12-11
birthPlace Breslau
German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
causeOfDeath heart failure
child Gustav Born
Irene Born
coAuthor Emil Wolf
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
United Kingdom
deathDate 1970-01-05
deathPlace Göttingen
Lower Saxony
West Germany
educatedAt University of Breslau
University of Göttingen
University of Heidelberg
University of Zurich
employer University of Edinburgh
University of Frankfurt
University of Göttingen
ethnicGroup German Jews
familyName Born
fieldOfWork mathematical physics
physics
quantum mechanics
theoretical physics
givenName Max
knownFor Born approximation in scattering theory
Born rule in quantum mechanics
Born–Oppenheimer approximation
foundational contributions to quantum mechanics
statistical interpretation of the wave function
work on crystal lattices
work on solid-state physics
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
name Max Born
NobelPrizeCategory Physics
NobelPrizeMotivation for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction
NobelPrizeYear 1954
notableStudent Maria Goeppert Mayer
Pascual Jordan
Robert Oppenheimer
Werner Heisenberg
notableWork Principles of Optics
The Restless Universe
Vorlesungen über Atommechanik
occupation physicist
university teacher
positionHeld Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh
professor of theoretical physics at the University of Göttingen
relative Olivia Newton-John
religion Judaism
spouse Hedwig Born


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