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Max born was born on 11 december 1882 in breslau, which at the time of borns birth was part of the prussian province of silesia in the german empire, to a family of jewish descent. This introduction to the field of manybody atomic physics is suitable for researchers and graduate students. Max born was a highly successful theoretical physicist who made brilliant contributions in the areas of physics and optics. This means that the book represents sound physics, and not the relatively undeveloped 1933. As of today we have 78,018,763 ebooks for you to download for free. Our aim is to understand atomic physics, not just to illustrate the mathematics of quantum mechanics.
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