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German-British physicist who worked on the mathematical basis for quantum mechanics.  Born's most
important contribution was his suggestion that the absolute square  of the wavefunction in the
Schrödinger equation was a measure of the probability of finding the particle at
a given location. Born shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in physics with Bothe.
Additional biographies: MacTutor (St. Andrews), Bonn
Born, M. Atomic Physics, 8th ed. New York: Dover.
Born, M. Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1949.
Born, M. and Huang, K. Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1954.
Born, M. and Wolf, E. Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference, and Diffraction of Light, 7th ed.
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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