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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectMax Born
Dates
December 11, 1882 – January 5, 1970
Authorized Form of Name
Born, Max, 1882-1970
Biography
Abstract
Max Born is a nuclear physicist, specializing in quantum mechanics at Edinburgh University. He was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction."
Important Dates
December 11, 1882Birth, Wroclaw (Poland).
1906 – 1907Researcher, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (England).
1907Obtained PhD degree in Physics, University of Göttingen (Universität Göttingen), Göttingen (Germany).
1908 – 1910Researcher, University of Wroclaw (Uniwersytet Wrocławski im. Bolesława Bieruta), Wroclaw (Poland).
1915Professor (extraordinarius), Berlin University (Technische Universität Berlin), Berlin (Germany).
1919 – 1920Professor of Physics, University of Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
1921 – 1933Professor of Physics, University of Göttingen (Universität Göttingen), Göttingen (Germany).
1933 – 1936Stokes Lecturer of Physics, Cambridge University, Cambridge (England).
1934Awarded Stokes Medal, Cambridge University.
1935 – 1936Researcher, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
1936 – 1953Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland).
1937Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1939Fellow, Royal Society.
1945Awarded MacDougall-Brisbane Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh.
1950Awarded Hughes Medal, Royal Society.
1953Honorary Citizen, Town of Göttingen.
1954Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction".
1959Awarded Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit, German Federal Republic.
January 5, 1970Death, Göttingen (Germany).
Occupation
Quantum mechanics and nuclear physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Born, Gustav V. R.
Son.
Born, Hedwig
Wife.
Born, Margarete Kauffmann
Mother.
Advisors & Collaborators
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Das, Anil Kumar
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Born was post-doc advisor at University of Göttingen.
Flügge, Siegfried
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Green, Herbert S.
Advised by Born at University of Edinburgh.
Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Hilbert, David, 1862-1943
PhD advisor at University of Göttingen.
Hund, Friedrich, 1896-1997
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Jordan, Pascual, 1902-1980
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Larmor, Joseph, Sir, b. 1857
PhD advisor at Cambridge University.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen with a focus on quantum theory.
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Pringle, Robert, 1920-1996
Advised by Born at University of Edinburgh.
Pryce, Maurice Henry Lecorney, 1913-2003
Advised by Born at University of Cambridge.
Rosenfeld, L. (Leon), 1904-1974
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Runge, Carl, 1856-1927
PhD advisor at University of Göttingen.
Research advised by Born at University of Frankfurt.
Thomson, J. J. (Joseph John), 1856-1940
PhD advisor at Cambridge University.
Trumpy, Bjørn
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002
Advised by Born at University of Göttingen.
Wolf, Emil
Advised by Born at University of Edinburgh.
Colleagues
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Worked under him during his National Research Council fellowship at University of Göttingen.
Additional
Arkad'ev, V. K. (Vladimir Konstantinovich), 1884-1953
Bhatia, A. B. (Avadh Behari), -1984
Biem, Walter
Biermann, Ludwig, 1907-1986
Bilz, H. (Heinz), 1926-
Also won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for a separate project.
Bragg, William Lawrence, Sir, 1890-1971
Brose, Henry L. (Henry Leopold), 1890-
Burbidge, Geoffrey R.
Darwin, Charles Galton, Sir, 1887-1962
Deans, Winifred M. (Winifred Margaret)
Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966
Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984
Ehrenfest, Paul, 1880-1933
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Ewald, Paul Peter, 1888-1985
Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
Feigl, Herbert
Fisher, Joseph William
Fok, V. A. (Vladimir Aleksandrovich), 1898-1974
Gerlach, Walther, 1889-1979
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr.
Hartree, Douglas R. (Douglas Rayner), 1897-1958
Heitler, Walter, 1904-
Herglotz, Gustav, 1881-1953
Herneck, Friedrich
Hipple, John Alfred
Huang, K. C.
Jaffé, George Cecil
Kapitsa, P. L. (Petr Leonidovich), 1894-1984
Klein, Oskar
Koenigsberger, Johann Georg
Kronig, R. (Ralph), 1904-
Landé, Alfred, 1888-
Lemmerich, J.
Lenzen, Victor F. (Victor Fritz), 1890-1975
London, Fritz, 1900-1954
Lonsdale, Kathleen, Dame, 1903-1971
Lummer, O. (Otto), 1860-1925
Maier-Leibnitz, Heinz
Margenau, Henry, 1901-1997
Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968
Meyenn, K. v.
Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931
Mimno, Harry Rowe, 1900-
Minkowski, H. (Hermann), 1864-1909
Moller, C. (Christian), 1904-1980
Mollwo, Erich
Morton, Alan Q.
Mott, N. F. (Nevill Francis), Sir, 1905-1996
Nordheim, Lothar, 1899-
Papapetrou, Achilles
Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
Peierls, Rudolf E. (Rudolf Ernst), 1907-1995
Pihl, Mogens
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976
Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Rado, Richard, 1906-
Rau, Werner
Rehder, Marie-Luise
Reiche, F. (Fritz), 1883-1969
Richardson, O. W. (Owen Willans), 1879-1959
Rosenthal, Julia V.
Rozental, S. (Stefan)
Schrödinger, Annemarie, 1896-1965
Schwarzschild, K. (Karl), 1873-1916
Sexl, Roman Ulrich
Sponer, Hertha, 1895-1968
Stein, Maria
Tamm, I. E. (Igor' Evgen'evich), 1895-1971
Thomson, G. P. (George Paget), 1892-1975
Uhlenbeck, George Eugène, 1900-1988
Van Vleck, J. H. (John Hasbrouck), 1899-1980
Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963
Waller, Ivar, 1898-1991
Weizsacker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1912-2007
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-1995
Wilson, W. (William), b. 1875
Institutions
Major Positions
Cavendish Laboratory (Cambridge, England)
Researcher.
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Researcher.
Technische Universität Berlin
Professor (extraordinarius).
Universität Frankfurt am Main
Professor of Physics.
Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
Professor of Physics.
Universität Göttingen
Obtained PhD degree in Physics (1907). Professor of Physics.
University of Cambridge. Department of Physics
Stokes Lecturer of Physics and awarded 1934 Stokes Medal.
University of Edinburgh
Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy.
Uniwersytet Wrocławski im. Bolesława Bieruta
Researcher.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Atoms for Peace Award, Inc.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Royal Society (Great Britain)
Fellow and awarded 1950 Hughes Medal.
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow and awarded 1945 MacDougall-Brisbane Medal.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Alfred Landé autograph collection, 1919-1973.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Die Grenzen des weltbildes der physik [sound recording].
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Eugene Feenberg papers, 1906-1977.
University Archives
Washington University
Campus Box 1061, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA
Journey to Russia, 1945.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Lectures on kinetic theory [microform], 1928.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Max Born correspondence with Albert Einstein, circa 1916-1954.
Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Max Born correspondence with Dietrick Thomsen, 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Max Born correspondence with Maria Stein, circa 1965.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Max Born correspondence with Niels Bohr, 1918-1961.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Max Born lecture notebooks, 1905-1937.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Max Born lectures, 1921-1933.
Mathematisches Institut
Universität Göttingen
Bunsenstrasse 10, Göttingen
Max Born letters, 1933-1969.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Potsdamer Strasse, Postfach 1107, W-1000, Berlin 30, Germany
Max Born papers, 1925-1970.
Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA
Max Born papers, 1945-1970.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Potsdamer Strasse, Postfach 1107, W-1000, Berlin 30, Germany
Max Born papers.
University Library, Special Collections.
University of Edinburgh
George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ, Scotland, UK
Max Born reprints, 1920-1950.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742, USA
Oral history interview with Max Born, 1960 June 1, 1962 October 17 and 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Various items, 1963-1965.
Abteilung für Handschriften und seltene Drucke
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Papendiek 14, D-37073 Göttingen
Subject
Achilles Papapetrou papers.
Archiv der Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Jägerstrasse 22/23, 10117 Berlin
Alfred Landé incoming letters [microform], 1915-1927.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Alfred Landé papers, 1915-1970.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk).
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Atoms for Peace Award records, 1944-1972.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Charles G. Darwin papers, 1911-circa 1938.
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Christian Møller papers, 1928-1980.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collections relating to history of physics and allied sciences.
Stadt Göttingen Archiv
Postfach 3831, 3400 Göttingen
Cornell University Department of Physics records, 1876-1994.
Carl A. Kroch Library. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
2B Carl A Kroch Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Abteilung für Handschriften und seltene Drucke
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Papendiek 14, D-37073 Göttingen
Ernest Rutherford lecture given at Göttingen on Monday, December 14, 1931 [sound recording], recorded by Professor Pohl.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Erwin Schrödinger papers, circa 1906-1958.
Zentralbibliothek für Physik in Wien (Central Library for Physics in Vienna).
Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Erwin Schrodinger papers.
In private hands
In the possession of Mrs. Ruth Braunizer, Alpach Tiro, Austria
Erwin Schrödinger selected correspondence and papers [microform], 1906-1958.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Eugene Feenberg correspondence, 1927-1958.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Fritz London papers, 1926-1954.
Archives
Duke University
341 Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706, USA
Fritz Reiche papers, 1907-1998.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
George C. Jaffé papers, 1902-1962.
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA
Goettinger Nachrichten [facetiae], 1932.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gustav Herglotz papers.
Abteilung für Handschriften und seltene Drucke
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Papendiek 14, D-37073 Göttingen
Harry Mimno lecture notes for physics courses, 1925-1928.
Pusey Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Heinz Bilz correspondence, 1926-1986.
Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Boltzmannstr. 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Henry Brose correspondence, 1910-1939.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Henry Margenau papers, 1927-1990.
Manuscripts and Archives
Yale University Library
Box 208240, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Herbert Feigl collection [microfilm] circa 1900-1989 (bulk 1909-1950).
Hillman Library. Archives of Scientific Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Hermann Minkowski papers.
Abteilung für Handschriften und seltene Drucke
Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
Papendiek 14, D-37073 Göttingen
Hermann Weyl manuscripts and correspondence, 1909-1955.
Handschriftenabteilung
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Ivar Waller papers, circa 1912-1989.
Centrum för Vetenskapshistoria
Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademien
Stockholm, Sweden
J. H. Van Vleck selected correspondence and notes [microform], 1923-1959, (bulk 1923-1938).
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
J. Robert Oppenheimer papers, 1921-1980 (bulk 1947-1967).
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
John A. Wheeler papers, 1880-2008.
Library
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Joseph Edward Mayer papers, 1920-1983.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Karl Schwarzchild papers [microform], 1887-1916.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Kasimir Fajans papers, 1912-1975.
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA
Kathleen Lonsdale papers, ca. 1914-1989.
Archive
University College of London
Gower Street, London WCIE 6BT
Leon Brillouin papers, 1877-1972.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Leon Rosenfeld papers, 1911-1974.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Linus Pauling papers [microform], 1923-1929.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Lothar Nordheim autobiographical sketch, circa 1969.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Marie-Luise Rehder papers, 1938-1966.
Archiv zur Geschichte der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Mogens Pihl Papers, 1939-1983.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Niels Bohr collection of manuscripts by other authors, 1910-1961.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Niels Bohr scientific correspondence, 1903-1962.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Niels Bohr scientific correspondence, supplement, 1910-1962.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Norbert Wiener papers, 1898-1966.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
O. W. Richardson papers, 1897-1959 (bulk 1920-1940).
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219, USA
Oral history interview with Alfred Landé, 1962 March 5, 6, 7, 8 and June 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Alfred Landé, 1973 October 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Annamarie Bertel Schrödinger, 1963 April 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Arthur von Hippel, 1981 October 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Carl Friedrich Weizsacker, 1984 February 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Erich Mollwo, 1982.
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1, 80306 Munich, Germany
Oral history interview with Eugene Paul Wigner, 1963 November 21 and December 3, 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Felix Bloch, 1964 May 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Friedrich Herneck, 1988 July 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Friedrich Hund, 1963 June 25 and 26.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Fritz Reiche, 1962 March 30 to May 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Geoffrey Burbidge, 1977 October 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Gerhard Herzberg: 1986 May 5.
The Beckman Center for History of Chemistry
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702, USA
Oral history interview with Gregor Wentzel, 1964 February 3 to 5.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Henry Margenau, 1964 May 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with I. I. Rabi, 1963 December 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1963 November 18 and 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Joseph Edward Mayer, 1975 January 24.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Léon Rosenfeld, 1963 July 1, 19, 22.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lise Meitner, 1963 May 12.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim, 1962 July 30.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Ludwig Franz Benedikt Biermann, 1978 June 23 and July 6.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Maria Goeppert Mayer, 1962 February 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Maria Stein, 1974 May 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Michael Polanyi, 1962 February 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Oskar Benjamin Klein, 1962 September 25 to 16 July 1963.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Otto Laporte, 1964 January 29 and 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with P. A. M. Dirac, 1962 April 1, 1963 May 6, 7, 10 and 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Peter J. W. Debye, 1962 May 3 and 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Ralph de Laer Kronig, 1962 November 12.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Richard Courant, 1962 May 9.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Robert Wichard Pohl, 1963 June 25.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Rudolf Ernst Peierls, 1977 May 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Rudolph Minkowski, 1962 April 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Sir George Paget Thomson, 1963 June 20.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Sir Nevill Francis Mott, 1963 May 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Theodore Von Karman, 1962 June 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Victor Frederick Weisskopf, 1963 July 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Victor Fritz Lenzen, 1962 June 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walter Heitler, 1963 March 18 and 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walter M. Elsasser, 1962 May 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walter M. Elsasser, 1986 March 12.
Archives
National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
Oral history interview with Walther Gerlach, 1963 February 18 and 23.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Wolfgang Gentner, 1971 November 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history joint interview with James Franck and Hertha Sponer-Franck, 1962 July 9 to 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oskar Klein papers, 1916-1970.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Otto Lummer correspondence, 1899-1922.
Dept. of Manuscripts
Wroclaw University, Library
Sw. Jadwigi 3/4, 50-266 Wroclaw
P. A. M. Dirac papers, 1788-1999 (bulk 1924-1984).
Paul A. M. Dirac Science Library
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
Pascual Jordan correspondence, 1923-1930.
Jordan's possession in 1963
In private hands
Hamburg
Paul Ehrenfest papers, 1902-1933.
Rijksmumsum voor de Geschiedenis van de Natuurwetenschappen en van de Geneeskunde 'Museum Boerhaave'
Steenstraat IA, 2313 BS Leiden, Netherlands
Paul Peter Ewald letters to M. Born, [after 1933].
Deutsches Museum
Museumsinsel 1, 80306 Munich, Germany
Paul S. Epstein papers, 1898-1966.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Petr L. Kapitsa papers, 1920.
Institute of Physical Problems.
ul. A. N. Kosygina 2, Moscow 117973, Russia
Quantum physics correspondence, 1918-1948.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Potsdamer Strasse, Postfach 1107, W-1000, Berlin 30, Germany
Richard Courant papers, 1902-1972.
Archives Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
New York Public Library
70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, USA
Richard Rado papers.
Department of Archives and Manuscripts
University of Reading
Whiteknights, Reading RG6 2AE, England UK
Rudolf Ladenburg correspondence, manuscripts, reprints, clippings, and a typescript statement on the 25th anniversary of quantum theory, 1910-1952.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Scientific correspondence [microform], 1907-1962.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls papers and correspondence, 1898-1996.
Bodleian Library
University of Oxford
Oxford, England, UK
Sir William Lawrence Bragg papers.
Royal Institution of Great Britain
London, Englank UK
Stefan Rozental papers, circa 1940-1989.
Niels Bohr Archive
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
Theodore Von Karman papers, 1871-1963.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
V. A. Fok papers, 1919-1974.
St. Petersburg Branch. Archive
Russian Academy of Sciences
Universitetskaia hab., 1, Korp. 2, St. Petersburg 199034
Vladimir Arkadev papers.
Archive
Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Novocheremushkinskaia, 34, Moscow, 117218, Russia
W. Wilson papers, 1910-1957; 1960-1985.
University of London
Royal Holloway College Library
Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, England UK
Walter M Elsasser response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1988.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Walther Gerlach correspondence [microform], 1916-1937.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Wolfgang Pauli letters.
Bibliothek
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
ETH Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Published Resources
Author
A general kinetic theory of liquids, by M. Born and H.S. Green.
Atomic physics/ Authorized translation from the German ed. by John Dougall.
Atomtheorie des festen Zustandes (Dynamik der Kristallgitter).
Briefwechsel 1916-1955 [von] Albert Einstein [und] Hedwig und Max Born. Kommentiert von Max Born.
Der aufbau der materie: drei aufsaetze ue]er moderne atomistik und elektronentheorie/ von Max Born.
Der Realitätsbegriff in der Physik.
Die Quantentheorie der spezifischen Wärme/ [von] Einstein, Debye, Born [und] Kármán.
Die Relativitatstheorie Einsteins/ [Von] Max Born unter Mitarb. von Walter Biem; mit 143 Abb.
Dynamical theory of crystal lattices/ by Max Born and Kun Huang.
Dynamik der kristallgitter [microform]/ von Max Born, mit einer tafel und 2 figuren im text.
Einstein's theory of relativity.
Experiment and theory in physics.
La constitution de la matière/ Max Born; Traduit par H. Bellenot.
My life & my views. Introd. by I. Bernard Cohen.
My life: recollections of a Nobel laureate/ Max Born.
Natural philosophy of cause and chance.
Optik: ein Lehrbuch der elektromagnetischen Lichttheorie/ von Dr. Max Born... Mit 252 Figuren.
Physics and politics/ foreword by Kathleen Lonsdale.
The mechanics of the atom/ by Max Born...translated by J.W. Fisher...and revised by D.R. Hartree…
Vorlesungen über Atommechanik/ Hrsg. unter Mitwirkung von Friedrich Hund.
Zur Begründung der Matrizenmechanik.
Zur statistischen Deutung der Quantentheorie.
Subject
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Max Born.
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Prof. Dr. Max Born.
Max Born Nobel Prize biography.