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

[<dgpolvani@gmail.com>]

Thanks Brian.  I wasn't aware of these facts about Max Born's life and his
famous granddaughter.  I even told my wife.
Don Polvani

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> 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.
>
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