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[[File:MaxBorn.jpg|175px|thumb|left|Max Born, 1882-1970]] | [[File:MaxBorn.jpg|175px|thumb|left|Max Born, 1882-1970]] | ||
'''Max Born''' (1882-1970) was a physicist best known for his study of subatomic particles and contributions to quantum mechanics. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Max Born was born in Breslau, Germany on December 11th, 1882 to Gustav Born, a professor in anatomy and embryologist, and his wife Margarete. | Max Born was born in Breslau, Germany on December 11th, 1882 to Gustav Born, a professor in anatomy and embryologist, and his wife Margarete. | ||
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Max Born (1882-1970) was a physicist best known for his study of subatomic particles and contributions to quantum mechanics.
Biography
Max Born was born in Breslau, Germany on December 11th, 1882 to Gustav Born, a professor in anatomy and embryologist, and his wife Margarete.
Scientific Contributions
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Other Information
Awards
- While working at the University of Göttingen, Born was awarded the Prize of the Philosophical Faculty in 1906.
- Born was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954, along with Walther Bothe.
Fun Facts
- While Born worked at the University of Frankfurt-on-Main, his assistant was Otto Stern, and the work that Stern started there led to him also earning a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943.
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