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Max Born bronze plaque

Commemorative plaque
Max Born bronze plaque
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This bronze commemorative plaque records: Professor Max Born. 1882-1970. Nobel Laureate in physics lived here 1936-1954. Recorded plaque organisation: Historic Environment Scotland.
Max Born was a German physicist and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954. He is historically important for his work on matrix mechanics and the statistical interpretation of the wave function.

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