Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger , sometimes written as Schroedinger or Schrodinger, was an Austrian-Irish <a href="/facts/Theoretical_physicist/Cs2Y12rQ">theoretical physicist</a> who developed fundamental results in <a href="/facts/Quantum_field_theory/VoewsNJV">quantum theory</a>. In particular, he is recognized for postulating the <a href="/facts/Schr%25C3%25B6dinger_equation/3csgSIWF">Schrödinger equation</a>, an equation that provides a way to calculate the <a href="/facts/Wave_function/KgM5ykjY">wave function</a> of a system and how it changes dynamically in time. Schrödinger coined the term "<a href="/facts/Quantum_entanglement/afzslwN0">quantum entanglement</a>" in 1935.
In addition, he wrote many works on various aspects of <a href="/facts/Physics/a7aH2y08">physics</a>: <a href="/facts/Statistical_mechanics/6zMsNYYG">statistical mechanics</a> and <a href="/facts/Thermodynamics/q4hIx3yP">thermodynamics</a>, physics of <a href="/facts/Dielectric/PnVt9P2G">dielectrics</a>, <a href="/facts/Color_theory/bDWrmeqV">color theory</a>, <a href="/facts/Electrodynamics/oAkmALHT">electrodynamics</a>, <a href="/facts/General_relativity/jVsoIg8X">general relativity</a>, and <a href="/facts/Cosmology/yM19zM7Y">cosmology</a>, and he made several attempts to construct a <a href="/facts/Unified_field_theory/MMxqcM14">unified field theory</a>. In his book <a href="/facts/What_Is_Life%253F/eJF0E3lz">What Is Life?</a> Schrödinger addressed the problems of <a href="/facts/Genetics/bu8wne0A">genetics</a>, looking at the phenomenon of life from the point of view of physics. He also 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. In popular culture, he is best known for his "<a href="/facts/Schr%25C3%25B6dinger%2527s_cat/UpNp6vVu">Schrödinger's cat</a>" <a href="/facts/Thought_experiment/GXlr0lz9">thought experiment</a>.
Spending most of his life as an academic with positions at various universities, Schrödinger, along with <a href="/facts/Paul_Dirac/6bt5yRdk">Paul Dirac</a>, won the <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> in 1933 for his work on quantum mechanics, the same year he left Germany due to his opposition to <a href="/facts/Nazism/JjsMI4lE">Nazism</a>. In his personal life, he lived with both his wife and his mistress which may have led to problems causing him to leave his position at <a href="/facts/University_of_Oxford/ExVVQL6V">Oxford</a>. Subsequently, until 1938, he had a position in <a href="/facts/University_of_Graz/jnUvU22r">Graz</a>, Austria, until the <a href="/facts/Anschluss/h7gJQKcq">Nazi takeover</a> when he fled, finally finding a long-term arrangement in <a href="/facts/Dublin/Fv8ezm8a">Dublin</a>, Ireland, where he remained until retirement in 1955, and where he allegedly <a href="/facts/Sexual_abuse/33W0q0IS">sexually abused</a> several minors.

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Erwin Schrödinger