https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/s13129-023-00056-1
Regular Article
Matrix mechanics mis-prized: Max Born's belated nobelization
1
Department of History, UC Berkeley, 3229 Dwinelle Hall, 94720-2550, Berkeley, CA, USA
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CPT, Aix-Marseille University, Université de Toulon, CNRS, 13288, Luminy, France
3
Department of Philosophy, Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western Ontario University, 1151 Richmond St, N6A5B7, London, ON, Canada
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Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline Street N, N2L2Y5, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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, Shilton, UK
Received:
20
January
2023
Accepted:
21
July
2023
Published online:
18
October
2023
We examine evaluations of the contributions of Matrix Mechanics and Max Born to the formulation of quantum mechanics from Heisenberg's Helgoland paper of 1925 to Born's Nobel Prize of 1954. We point out that the process of evaluation is continuing in the light of recent interpretations of the theory that deemphasize the importance of the wave function.
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