Pascual Jordan

About

Theoretical and mathematical physicist who did research on quantum physics. He had a great deal to do with the development of matrix mechanics.

Before Fame

He was an assistant to both Richard Courant and Max Born.

Trivia

He was once in the Nazi party, which isolated him within a German physics community which had many of it's members fleeing Germany to escape Nazi persecution.

Family Life

He has an ancestor, Pascual Jorda, who was a Spanish cavalry officer and settled in Hanover.

Associated With

Like Albert Einstein, he is known for his work with quantum physics.