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Erwin Schroedinger

Erwin Schrödinger
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Born Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger
(1887-08-12)12 August 1887
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died 4 January 1961(1961-01-04) (aged 73)
Vienna, Austria
Nationality Austrian
Citizenship
Alma mater University of Vienna
Known for
Spouse(s) Annemarie Bertel (1920–61)
Awards Matteucci Medal (1927)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1933)
Max Planck Medal (1937)
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Institutions
Thesis On the conduction of electricity on the surface of insulators in humid air (1910)
Doctoral advisor Friedrich Hasenöhrl
Other academic advisors Franz S. Exner
Notable students
Signature
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Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (/ˈʃrdɪŋər, ˈʃr-/;German: [ˈɛɐ̯viːn ˈʃʁøːdɪŋɐ]; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as Erwin Schrodinger or Erwin Schroedinger, was a Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in the field of quantum theory, which formed the basis of wave mechanics: he formulated the wave equation (stationary and time-dependent Schrödinger equation) and revealed the identity of his development of the formalism and matrix mechanics. Schrödinger proposed an original interpretation of the physical meaning of the wave function.

In addition, he was the author of many works in various fields of physics: statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, physics of dielectrics, colour theory, electrodynamics, general relativity, and cosmology, and he made several attempts to construct a unified field theory. In his book What Is Life? Schrödinger addressed the problems of genetics, looking at the phenomenon of life from the point of view of physics. He paid great attention to the philosophical aspects of science, ancient and oriental philosophical concepts, ethics, and religion. He also wrote on philosophy and theoretical biology. He is also known for his "Schrödinger's cat" thought-experiment.


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