erwin schrödinger. erwin rudolf josef alexander schrödinger was born on august 12, 1887 he was...
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Erwin Schrödinger
• Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödingerwas born on August 12, 1887
• He was born in Erdberg de, Vienna, Austria-Hungary
• He was the only child of Rudolf Schrödinger and Georgine Emilia Brenda
• He learned English and German almost at the same time
Early years
• Schrödinger married Annemarie Bertel.
• On 6 April 1920
• He had a daughter Ruth Georgie Erica
• She was born on 30 May 1934
Marriage
Achievements
• A student at University of Vienna from 1906-1910
• Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant theoretical physicist
• A theoretical physicist goal is to rationalize, explain and predict physical phenomena.
Achievements continued
• Also an experimental physicist
• A significant contributor to the wave theory of matter
Achievements continued
• He continued advancements in quantum theory
• Continued advancements in color theory
• Professor at the University of Berlin
Noble prize
• Won the noble prize in 1933
• For the Schrödinger equation
Schrödinger's cat
• A thought experiment
• Devised in 1935
• Presents a cat that might be alive or dead, depending on an earlier random event
Personal life
• Schrödinger suffered from tuberculosis
• Retired in 1955
• personal friend to Albert Einstein
Legacy
• Schrödinger's cat state are still debated today
• Crater on the moon is named after him
• Institute named for him established in Vienna,1993.
Death
• Died on 4 January 1961
• He was 73
• He died in Vienna, Austria
• He diedof tuberculosis
Bibliography
• "Erwin Schrödinger." Erwin Schrödinger. Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger. Internet; accessed 23 February 2010.
• "Schrödinger's cat." Schrödinger's cat. Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat. Internet; accessed 23 February 2010.