In this collection of informal reminiscences, first published in 1975, Max Born has written an extraordinarily vivid account of his life and work, originally intended for his family.

Preface Gustav Born The Scientific Work of Max Born Nevill Mott Part 1: The Good Old Days 1. Childhood 2. Schooling - My Father's Second Marriage 3. High School 4. My Father's Death - Breslau University 5. Heidelberg and Zurich - The Neisser House 6. Student in Göttingen 7. Doctoral Thesis and Graduation 8. Military Service 9. Cambridge 10. Breslau - Second Military Service - Experimental Physics 11. Göttingen Again - 'Habilitation' 12. Lecturer in Göttingen 13. Chicago - 'El Bokarebo' - Marriage 14. World War One 15. Professor Extra-Ordinarius in Berlin - the A.P.K. 16. End of the War - Revolution 17. Frankfurt am main 18. Professor Ordinarius in Göttingen 19. Quantum Mechanics Part 2: Tempestuous Years 1. 'The 'Heroic Age' of Theoretical Physics 2. The Approach of the Nazis 3. Arrivals of the Nazis 4. Selva, Val Gardena 5. Cambridge 6. Bangalore 7. Edinburgh, The Department of Applied Mathematics. Postscript Gustav Born