My Life Recollections of a Nobel Laureate [Hardcover]

In this collection of informal reminiscences, first published in 1975, Max Born has written an extraordinarily vivid account of his life and work, originally intended for his family.

Ranging from his time at the University of G?ttingen, where Born had his first real motivation for a professional career in science, to the period in Berlin as professor extraordinary, when he and his wife became close friends of Einstein, these anecdotes and memories chart the heroic age of physics from the perspective of one of its leading characters. In 1954 Born was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his fundamental contributions to the great discovery of that cadre of superlative scientific minds  quantum theory.

But his scientific research provides only one strand of this story. Borns varied interests outside science led to many interesting experiences  some of historical importance insofar as they offer a glimpse into German society before and between the wars.

Preface Gustav Born  The Scientific Work of Max Born Nevill Mott  Part 1: The Good Old Days  1. Childhood  2. Schooling  My Fathers Second Marriage  3. High School  4. My Fathers Death  Breslau University  5. Heidelberg and Zurich  The Neisser House  6. Student in G?ttingen  7. Doctoral Thesis and Graduation  8. Military Service  9. Cambridge  10. Breslau  Second Military Service  Experimental Physics  11. G?ttingen Again  Habilitation  12. Lecturer in G?ttingen  13. Chicago  El Bokarebo  Marriage  14. World War One  15. Professor Extra-Ordinarius in Berlin  the A.P.K.  16. End of the War  Revolution  17. Frankfurt am main  18. Professor Ordinarius in G?ttingen  19. Quantum Mechanics  Part 2: Tempel#1