About
Erwin Schrödinger, an Austrian physicist, was one of the founders of quantum mechanics. In 1926, he published his work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation, which describes the evolution of quantum systems. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 with Paul Dirac. Opposed to Nazism, he left Germany in 1933 and settled in Dublin in 1940. His essay 'What Is Life?' (1944) inspired the discovery of the structure of DNA. He is also known for the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment.
* 1887-08-12 — † 1961-01-04
Major works
- Quantisierung als Eigenwertproblem (1926)scientific paper
- What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell (1944)essay
- Statistical Thermodynamics (1952)book
- Nature and the Greeks (1954)book
- Science Theory and Man (1957)book
Key milestones
- 1926Publishes four groundbreaking papers on wave mechanics in Annalen der Physik.
- 1933Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Paul Dirac.
- 1944Publishes 'What Is Life?', which inspires the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Themes
Quantum mechanicsPhilosophy of physicsLife and biologyReality and observationHistory of science
Sources: nobelprize.org · beta.nobelprize.org · britannica.com
