Max Born
11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970
Max Born was a German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He is especially known for his statistical interpretation of the wave function, for which he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Life events
Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) into an academic family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived his PhD in mathematics and physics at Gottingen.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried Hedwig Ehrenberg, with whom he had three children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBecame head of the physics institute at Gottingen, making it a leading center of theoretical physics.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWorked with Werner Heisenberg and Pascual Jordan to formulate matrix mechanics, the first consistent quantum theory.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIntroduced the Born rule, interpreting the squared magnitude of the wave function as a probability density.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDismissed from his post as a Jew under Nazi laws, he left Germany and settled in Britain.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook the chair of natural philosophy at Edinburgh, where he taught until his retirement.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived the 1954 Nobel Prize for his statistical interpretation of the wave function.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied in Gottingen, having returned to Germany after retiring.
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