Max Born
Max Born · Science & Medicine
Statistical interpretation of the quantum-mechanical wave function
1882, Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) — 1970, Göttingen, West Germany
Germany (Göttingen) · United Kingdom (Edinburgh) · Scotland
Max Born is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Statistical interpretation of the quantum-mechanical wave function
Born into a Jewish family in Breslau, Born built the theoretical physics school at Göttingen before the Nazi regime forced him, as a Jew, into exile in Britain. He provided the statistical (probabilistic) interpretation of the quantum wavefunction, showing that its squared magnitude gives the probability of finding a particle — a foundation of modern quantum mechanics — for which he received the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics. He also mentored a generation of leading physicists.
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Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Physics 1954
Statistical interpretation of the quantum-mechanical wave function
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Physics 1954
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