Max Born

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist theoretical physicist

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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Nobel Prize–winning physicist Max Born	1

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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	Wrocław ⓘ surface form: Breslau German Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Heidelberg University ⓘ surface form: University of Heidelberg University of Zurich ⓘ
employer	University of Edinburgh ⓘ Goethe University Frankfurt ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ surface form: 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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Russell–Einstein Manifesto → signatory → Max Born ⓘ

Hermann Minkowski → doctoralStudent → Max Born ⓘ

Born–Huang expansion → namedAfter → Max Born ⓘ

Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Max Born ⓘ

Max Born → name → Max Born self-link ⓘ

Max Planck Medal → hasRecipient → Max Born ⓘ

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Enrico Fermi → academicAdvisor → Max Born ⓘ

Helmholtz Medal → hasRecipient → Max Born ⓘ

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Max Delbrück → doctoralAdvisor → Max Born ⓘ

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Maria Goeppert Mayer → doctoralAdvisor → Max Born ⓘ

Leopold Infeld → coAuthor → Max Born ⓘ

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Heinz London → hasAcademicAdvisor → Max Born ⓘ

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Victor F. Weisskopf → doctoralAdvisor → Max Born ⓘ

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Olivia Newton-John → relative → Max Born ⓘ

Vorlesungen über Atommechanik → author → Max Born ⓘ

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The Restless Universe → author → Max Born ⓘ

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Principles of Optics → author → Max Born ⓘ

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Pascual Jordan → coAuthor → Max Born ⓘ

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Oskar Klein → doctoralAdvisor → Max Born ⓘ

Heisenberg operator formulation of quantum mechanics → developedBy → Max Born ⓘ

Walter Heitler → doctoralAdvisor → Max Born ⓘ

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Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh → notableHolder → Max Born ⓘ

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Emil Wolf → coAuthorWith → Max Born ⓘ

Born–Infeld electrodynamics → namedAfter → Max Born ⓘ

Born–Infeld electrodynamics → proposedBy → Max Born ⓘ