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Who was Max Born? Here's why Google Doodle honoured the physicist for his work on quantum mechanics

Google honoured the German-born Physicist and mathematician Max Born on Monday. The Google Doodle celebrates the 135th birth anniversary of the scientist who discovered one of the most important rules in quantum mechanics.
Google honoured the German born Physicist and mathematician Max Born on Monday. The Google Doodle celebrates the 135th birth anniversary of the scientist who discovered one of the most important rule in quantum mechanics. (Image Courtesy Google)
Google honoured the German born Physicist and mathematician Max Born on Monday. The Google Doodle celebrates the 135th birth anniversary of the scientist who discovered one of the most important rule in quantum mechanics. (Image Courtesy Google)
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He was born in Breslau on December 11, 1882. He completed his PhD from the Gottingen University and later became a professor of theoretical physics. He also taught at the Cambridge University for three years after moving to England in 1933. He then went on to teach in Edinburgh University and taught there till 1954. (Photo | Wiki commons)
He was born in Breslau on December 11, 1882. He completed his PhD from the Gottingen University and later became a professor of theoretical physics. He also taught at the Cambridge University for three years after moving to England in 1933. He then went on to teach in Edinburgh University and taught there till 1954. (Photo | Wiki commons)
Born published 27 papers which included his work on relativity and dynamics of crystal lattices in the year 1913. In 1914, received a letter from Max Planck explaining that a new professor extraordinarius chair of theoretical physics had been created at the University of Berlin. In Berlin, Born formed a lifelong friendship with Einstein, who became a frequent visitor to Born's home. IN PIC: Gottingen University (Image Courtesy Wiki wand University of Göttingen)
Born published 27 papers which included his work on relativity and dynamics of crystal lattices in the year 1913. In 1914, received a letter from Max Planck explaining that a new professor extraordinarius chair of theoretical physics had been created at the University of Berlin. In Berlin, Born formed a lifelong friendship with Einstein, who became a frequent visitor to Born's home. IN PIC: Gottingen University (Image Courtesy Wiki wand University of Göttingen)
What is Quantum mechanics ? Quantum mechanics is a part of physics that studies matter at the smallest form possible. It led to the invention of personal computers, lasers, and medical imaging devices.
What is Quantum mechanics ? Quantum mechanics is a part of physics that studies matter at the smallest form possible. It led to the invention of personal computers, lasers, and medical imaging devices.
He is quite popular for the 'Born Rule', a theory that uses probability to predict the location of a particle in a quantum system. IN PIC: Solvay Conference, 1927. Born is second from the right in the second row, between Louis de Broglie and Niels Bohr. (Photo | Wiki commons)
He is quite popular for the 'Born Rule', a theory that uses probability to predict the location of a particle in a quantum system. IN PIC: Solvay Conference, 1927. Born is second from the right in the second row, between Louis de Broglie and Niels Bohr. (Photo | Wiki commons)
What is a Born Rule? With the help of this rule, you can calculate the odds of finding the particle at any particular location. Here how it works; every particle has an equation called a wave function. This wave function describes how the particle's behaviour changes over time.
What is a Born Rule? With the help of this rule, you can calculate the odds of finding the particle at any particular location. Here how it works; every particle has an equation called a wave function. This wave function describes how the particle's behaviour changes over time.
He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954 for his 'fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function'. (Image Courtesy nobelprize.org)
He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954 for his 'fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function'. (Image Courtesy nobelprize.org)
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