Max Born was a German physicist whose work was instrumental in developing quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and supervised the works of many notable physicists throughout his career. Like many notable German intellectuals, Born was forced to leave the nation because of the Nazi occupation. He is also known for being Albert Einstein’s friend and collaborator. Born was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with Walter Bothe for their statistical interpretation of quantum theory in particular the wave function. The erudite physicist had to struggle for appreciation during his early and mid-career. Despite the fact that he was constantly making breakthroughs in math and physics, he was under-appreciated among colleagues and over shadowed by others. He was constantly being paired with extremely talented mathematicians such as Einstein and Heisenberg. In addition, he was repeatedly being challenged by his peers for his work in quantum theory, which at the time was a popularly rejected subject. Regardless of the fact that his work is hardly as notable as his peers, Born was an important mathematician whose contributions helped quantum physics become what it is today. Read on to know more about the life and scientific contribution of this eminent physicist