Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger (German: Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger; August 12, 1887 - January 4, 1961) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the founders of quantum mechanics. In 1926, he proposed the Schrödinger equation, which provided a method for calculating wave functions and their evolution, laying a solid foundation for quantum mechanics. He proposed the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment, trying to prove the incompleteness of quantum mechanics under macroscopic conditions, and explore the concepts of measurement and superposition states in quantum mechanics. In 1933, Schrödinger and the British physicist Paul Dirac jointly received the Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of new forms that are useful in atomic theory" for their discovery of the Schrödinger equation and the Dirac equation. Schrödinger coined the term "quantum entanglement" in 1935. In addition, Schrödinger wrote many works on various aspects of physics: statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, dielectric physics, color theory, electrodynamics, general relativity and cosmology, and made many attempts to construct a unified field theory. Schrödinger in his book "What is Life?" "" discusses genetic issues and looks at life phenomena from the perspective of physics; he also pays great attention to the philosophical aspects of science, ancient and Eastern philosophical concepts, ethics and religion, and writes articles on philosophy and theoretical biology. In popular culture, he is best known for his "Schrödinger's Cat" thought experiment.