Quantum for Dummies (part 14)
Essentials: Erwin Schrödinger
August 12, 1887: Born in Vienna.
1910: Completed doctoral studies at the University of Vienna.
1914–1918: Served as an artillery officer in the Austrian army during World War I.
1921: Appointed as a professor of theoretical physics in Zurich.
1926: Formulated the Schrödinger equation, laying the foundation for wave mechanics.
1927: Moved to Berlin, succeeding Max Planck.
1933: Left Nazi Germany and relocated to Oxford. Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Paul Dirac.
1935: Published the article ‘Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik,’ describing Schrödinger’s cat paradox.
1939: Became the Head of Theoretical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Dublin.
1944: Cambridge University Press published ‘What is Life?’
1956: Retired in Dublin and returned to Vienna.
January 4, 1961: Passed away in Vienna.
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger, born and raised in Vienna, was a brilliant young student with a natural aptitude for physics. By the time of his first professorship in Zurich in the…
