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The End of the Certain World: The Life and Science of Max Born
In 1920, Albert Einstein wrote to Max Born, “Theoretical physics will flourish wherever you happen to be; there is no other Born to be found in Germany today.” The End of the Certain World presents for the first time Born’s full story: Nobel physicist, a discoverer of quantum theory, exile from Hitler’s Germany, teacher of nine Nobel physicists. Born’s role in the “Golden ...more
Hardcover, 374 pages
Published
March 2nd 2005
by Basic Books
(first published 2005)
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I've just started this book. Max Born was instrumental in the discovery of quantum physics, and the uncle of a good friend (also the uncle of Olivia Newton-John), so it's partly his history too.
Interesting story, horribly told.
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