Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger ( /ˈʃroʊdɪŋər/; German: [ˈɛʁviːn ˈʃʁøːdɪŋɐ]; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961) was an Austrian born physicist and theoretical biologist who was one of the fathers of quantum mechanics, and is famed for a number of important contributions to physics, especially the Schrödinger equation, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933. In 1935 he proposed the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. In ... More

Date of birth:

  • Aug 12, 1887

Date of death:

  • Jan 4, 1961 (age 73 years)

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Also known as:

  • Erwin Schrodinger,
  • Erwin Schrödinger
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Award Winner

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1933
  • for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory
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  • Person

Assessment:

  • Best known for his discovery of wave mechanics, for which he was awarded the Nobel prize

Category:

  • natural sciences and mathematics

Disciplines:

  • physicist

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