Max Born

Compiled by Amira Abadir (aabadir3) on 12/1/2015

Max Born, 1882-1970

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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References

1. NobelPrize.org