Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist who shaped quantum theory and inspired genetics.
The equation that allows calculation of a system's wave function and its dynamic change over time, known as the Schrödinger equation, is one of his major achievements, and he also introduced the phrase "quantum entanglement" in 1935.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger
- Born
- 12 August 1887
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 4 January 1961
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
- Citizenship
- Austria; Ireland (nat., naturalized 1948)
- Education
- University of Vienna (grad., graduated 1910, 1914)
- Spouse
- Annemarie Bertel (1920)
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Schrödinger was born on 12 August 1887 in Vienna, the only child of a botanist father and a mother of half Austrian and half English descent.[2][3] He studied at the University of Vienna from 1906 to 1910 under Fritz Hasenöhrl, Boltzmann's successor.[3] His great discovery, the Schrödinger wave equation, was made during the first half of 1926.[3] In 1927 he moved to Berlin as Max Planck's successor.[3][4]
With Hitler's coming to power in 1933, Schrödinger decided he could not continue in Germany.[3][4] In 1939 he received a personal invitation from Éamon de Valera to reside in Dublin.[5] Following Austria's neutralization in 1955, Schrödinger went back to Vienna in 1956, taking up a professor emeritus position; he succumbed to tuberculosis on 4 January 1961.[6][7][3]
What the cited sources add
The "Physics 1922-1941" account notes that Schrödinger acquired a mastery of eigenvalue problems in the physics of continuous media during his university years, laying the foundation for his future work.[3] The same source states that Schrödinger disliked the accepted dual description in terms of waves and particles and tried to set up a theory in terms of waves only.[3] The MacTutor archive records that Schrödinger made important contributions to the development of quantum mechanics and received a Nobel prize in 1933.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Erwin Schrödinger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bub, "Quantum Entanglement and Information", Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2023; Gribbin, "Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution", Trade Paper Press, 2013, p. 259; Arianrhod, "Einstein, Bohr and the origins of entanglement", cosmosmagazine.com, 5 October 2017; "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1933", Nobel Foundation (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Erwin Schrödinger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schrodinger, "The International Plant Names Index", IPNI; "Physics 1922-1941", Elsevier Publishing Company, 1965; Moore 1994, p. 13–18 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Physics 1922-1941", Elsevier Publishing Company, 1965. facts only, no text reused. nobelprize.org
- Wikipedia, "Erwin Schrödinger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moore 1992, p. 278 ff. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Erwin Schrödinger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Daugherty, "Brief Chronology", Erwin Schrödinger; "A quantum leap to Clontarf", The Irish Times; Fergusson, "Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums", Profile, 10 November 2016; "Erwin Schrödinger blue plaque", openplaques.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Erwin Schrödinger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nuclear Files: Library: Biographies: Erwin Schrödinger"; Schrödinger, Are There Quantum Jumps, 1952. http://www.ub.edu/hcub/hfq/sites/default/files/Quantum_Jumps_I.pdf (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Erwin Schrödinger" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moore 1992, p. 278 ff.; Moore 1992, p. 278 ff.; : "There was some problem about burial in the churchyard since Erwin was not a Catholic, but the priest relented when informed that he was a member in good stan (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. facts only, no text reused. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk
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