List of things named after Max Born

Max Born was a scientist who worked in many fields. Below is a list of things named in his honour.

Chemistry

• Born–Haber cycle
• Born–Landé equation
• Born equation

Physics

• BBGKY hierarchy (Bogoliubov–Born–Green–Kirkwood–Yvon hierarchy)
• Born–Oppenheimer approximation
  • Born–Huang approximation
• Born–Infeld model
• Born–von Karman boundary condition
• Born approximation, see Born series
• Born coordinates
• Born equation
• Born law, see Born rule
• Born probability
• Born reciprocity
• Born rigidity
• Born rule
• Born series
• Cauchy-Born rule

Astronomical objects

• Born (crater)
• 13954 Born, asteroid

Others

• Max Born Medal and Prize of the German Physical Society and the British Institute of Physics, created in 1972.[1][2]
• Max Born Award, given by The Optical Society.[3]
• Max-Born Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. - Institute named in his honour.[4]

Citations

1. "The Born medal and prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
2. "Max-Born-Preis und -Medaille" [Max Born Prize and Medal]. German Physical Society. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/awards/award_description/maxborn/
4. "Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroskopy - Development of the MBI". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2009.