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Erwin Schrodinger
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Erwin Schrodinger was one of the main architects of quantum mechanics. Schrodinger developed the wave mechanics. It became the second formulation of quantum mechanics. The first formulation, called matrix mechanics, was developed by Werner Heisenberg. Schrodinger’s wave equation (or Schrodinger equation) is one of the most basic equations of quantum mechanics. It bears the same relation to the mechanics of the atom as Newton’s equations of motions bear to planetary astronomy.
One key idea that was utilized by Erwin Schrodinger in arriving at his wave equation was the wave nature of matter. The concept of matter waves was proposed by Louis de Broglie in 1923. He understood the universal duality of wave and particle. He was able to show that a particle with momentum p will possess a wavelength given by h/p where h is the Planck's constant. Experimental confirmation soon followed. Scientist began to accept the wave particle duality of matter.
Erwin Schrodinger's subatomic matter equation (matter exists in all possible states, not in only one exact place or condition) was studied by 2 IBM scientists, Gerd Binning and Heinrich Rohrer. Their "Scanning Tunnel Microscope" could estimate the difference between one atom and another. It was ... used to map physical features of solid surfaces with great detail.
Abstract: Erwin Schrodinger (1939) proved that quantum wave functions coevolve with the curved spacetime of the Friedmann universe. Schrodinger's derivation explains the Hubble redshift of photons in an expanding universe, the energy changes of moving particles, and establishes the coevolution of atoms and other quantum systems with spacetime geometry. The assumption often made that small quantum systems are isolated and that their properties remain constant as the Friedmann universe evolves is incompatible with relativistic quantum mechanics and with general relativity.
Erwin Schrodinger, discoverer of wave mechanics was deeply influenced by the philosophical wisdom of the East. Schrodinger read widely and thought deeply the teachings of Hindu scriptures. He was particularly fascinated by Vedanta and Upanishads and developed a kinship with Budha and his techniques. Schrodinger ... wrote about "The Basic view of Vedanta" by expounding Sankara's version of advaitha and non-dualism.
Erwin Schrodinger's awarding of a Nobel Prize for science in 1933 was shrouded in controversy. Schrodinger was an extremely bad-tempered man, and as part of his presentation to the committee, gave them a vacuum-flask, before bellowing:
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