Bibliography of Max Born


Max Born was a widely influential German physicist and mathematician who was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pivotal role in the development of quantum mechanics. Born won the prize primarily for his contributions to the statistical interpretation of the wave function, though he is known for his work in several areas of quantum mechanics as well as solid-state physics, optics, and special relativity. Born's entry in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society included thirty books and 330 papers.

Books

Born wrote several textbooks and popular science books throughout his career, including Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattices and Principles of Optics.

Articles

Collaborations in German

TitleEnglish translationCoauthorsDatePublicationIdentifierTopic and notes
Variationsprinzip der WärmetheorieVariation principles of heat theoryErich Oettinger1907Phys. Z. vol. 8, 472-580BMFRS32;
Über das Verhaltnis von Emissions- und Absorptionsvermogen bei stark absorbierenden KorpernOn the ratio of emission and absorption capacity in strongly absorbing bodiesRudolf Ladenburg1911Phys. Z. vol. 12, 198-202BMFRS44
Über Schwingungen in RaumgitternOn vibrations in space gridsTheodore von Kármán1912Phys. Z. vol. 13, 297-309BMFRS46

Sole author in German

TitleEnglish translationDatePublicationIdentifierTopic and notes
Über eine Verallgemeinerung der Eulerschen KnickformelOn a generalization of Euler's buckling formula1909Phys. Z. vol. 10, 383-387BMFRS33
Die träge Masse und das RelativitätsprinzipInert mass and the principle of relativity1909Annalen der PhysikBMFRS34;
Die Theorie des starren Elektrons in der Kinematik des RelativitätsprinzipsThe theory of the rigid electron in the kinematics of the principle of relativity1909Annalen der PhysikBMFRS35;
Über die Dynamik des Elektrons in der Kinematik des RelativitätsprinzipsOn the dynamics of the electron in the kinematics of the principle of relativity1909Verh. dtsch. Phys. Ges. vol. 11, 617-623
Phys. Z. vol. 10, 814-817		BMFRS36
Über das Thomsonsche Atommodell
On Thomson's atomic model
1909Phys. Z. vol. 10, 1031-1034BMFRS37
Über die Definition des starren Körpers in der Kinematik des RelativitatsprinzipsOn the definition of the rigid body in the kinematics of the principle of relativity1910Phys. Z. vol. 11, 233-234BMFRS38
Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter KörperOn the electrodynamics of moving bodies1910Verh. dtsch. Phys. Ges. vol. 12, 457-467BMFRS40
Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit ‘Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper’Correction to my work ‘On the electrodynamics of moving bodies’1910Verh. dtsch. Phys. Ges. vol. 12, 730BMFRS41
Alte und neue Fragen der PhysikOld and new questions in physics1910Phys. Z. vol. 11, 1234-1257BMFRS42Summary of six-part lecture series by Hendrik Lorentz
Zur Kinematik des starren Körpers im System des RelativitätsprinzipsOn the kinematics of the rigid body in the system of the principle of relativity1910Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 161-179BMFRS43
Elastizitätstheorie und RelativitätsprinzipTheory of elasticity and the principle of relativity1911Phys. Z. vol. 12, 569-575BMFRS45
Lichtfortpllanzung in bewegten MedienLight propagation in moving media1912Handwörterb. d. Naturwiss vol. 6, 287-294BMFRS47
Prinzipien der PhysikPrinciples of physics1912Handwörterb. d. Naturwiss vol. 6, 1118-1126BMFRS48
RaumRoom1913Handwörterb. d. Naturwiss vol. 7, 120BMFRS49
Zum Relativitätsprinzip: Entgegnung auf Herrn Gehrckens Artikel 'Die gegen die Relativitatstheorie erhobenen Einwande'Regarding the principle of relativity: reply to Mr. Gehrcken's article 'The objections raised against the theory of relativity'1913Naturwiss.BMFRS50

Interviews

American Institute of Physics

Born was interviewed several times by the American Institute of Physics.
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Translations

' The book Klecksel the painter was published 1965 by the Frederick Ungar Publishing Company as a translation of Klecksel der Maler by Wilhelm Busch.
' Born translated Wilhelm Busch's poem "" into English in 1962.