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[Phys-L] What you didn't know about Max Born



In 1882, a Jewish baby was born in Germany named Max Born. He grew up to be a physicist at Gottingen University. In 1935, Adolph Hitler personally terminated him from his position because he was born Jewish.Max immigrated to England. He became a professor at Cambridge University. Later, he began working at the University of Edinburgh. There, an amazing nine of his students went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. He himself won the Nobel Prize in 1954. Max is known as one of the parents of Quantum Mechanics.His daughter, Irene, gave birth to his granddaughter, Olivia, in 1948.Olivia later went on to win five Grammy awards, be named a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Programme, and be named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.She played Sandy Olsson in the movie adaptation of the Broadway Play Grease.Today, our hearts are sadder because his granddaughter, Olivia Newton John, has died.