Max Born

Gave the wavefunction its probabilistic meaning and helped build matrix mechanics in Göttingen.

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era

1882 – 1970

nobel prize

Physics, 1954

Core Principles & Analysis

• His 1926 Born rule interprets |ψ|² as probability density, quantum theory's link to experiment.
• Developed matrix mechanics with Heisenberg and Pascual Jordan in 1925.
• Won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for the statistical interpretation of the wavefunction.