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Max Born attended many different schools, but he finally ended up at the University of Gottingen, where he received a doctorate in astronomy in 1907. Born was granted a teaching position at Gottingen in 1909, but then moved to Berlin in 1912, Frankfurt-am-Main in 1919, and finally back to Gottingen in 1921. Here, he began his work on quantum theory. He collaborated with Heisenberg to formulate a new quantum theory which gave a better mathematical representation of electron behavior than the old one, which viewed electrons as particles. Born received the 1954 Nobel Prize in physics for his study of wave functions, and in 1950 he received the Hughes Medal. Born was probably the most instrumental force in the development of quantum mechanics. |