Welcome to our page about Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger. Quiet a mouthful, huh?
Schrodinger was a great man and contributed a great deal to the study of quantum mechanics. He was an Austrian quantum physicist, an author, and a noble prize winner. He even got his head printed on some money. That's pretty cool!
Read on to find out more about Schrodinger's life. Click on the tabs above to read about his contributions to the atomic theory and some more (fun) facts about this Austrian dude.
Brief Biography of Erwin Schrodinger's Life
Early Years
Erwin Schrodinger was born on August 12, 1887, in Vienna, Austria. His parents were Rudolf Schrodinger and Georgine Emilia Brenda. His fathere was Catholic; his mother was British. Despite this, he was a self-proclaimed atheist. In spite of this, he used religious symbols in his work and showed interest in Eastern religions. He learned English outside of school, due to his maternal grandmother being British. In 1911, he became an assistant to Franz S. Exner, a scientist of the time. He was an war officer between 1914 and 1918 in the Austrian fortress artillery.
Middle Years
In 1921, Schrodinger had secured a residence in the University of Zurich, followed by succeeding Max Planck in the Fredrich Wilhelm University in Berllin during 1927. However, he left Germany during 1934 in order to escape from the Germans Nazism. He soon bounced from college to college in 1934 to 1936, eventually ending up in the University of Graz in Austria. During this time, he conversed with Albert Einstein and proposed the experiment known as Schrodinger''s Cat.
Later Years
Schrodinger experienced problems in 1939 when his opposition to Nazism was discovered. He announced he was renouncing his views, but it did him little good. He was fired from the University of Graz for political unstability. He was harrassed for the next few years still due to his anti-Nazi views, so he fled to England. He was offered a position in Ireland to create the Institute for Advanced Studies in Dublin, which would help escape the NAzi pursuers. While in Dublin, he wrote a book titled What is Life? which explained the genetic code for molecules within complex organisms. This is cited by James Watson and Francis Crick to be their inspiration to creating a model of DNA in 1953. Schrodinger remained in Dublin, Ireland until 1955. He moved back to Vienna, where he lived the rest of his life until his death in 1961.
Erwin Schrodinger was born on August 12, 1887, in Vienna, Austria. His parents were Rudolf Schrodinger and Georgine Emilia Brenda. His fathere was Catholic; his mother was British. Despite this, he was a self-proclaimed atheist. In spite of this, he used religious symbols in his work and showed interest in Eastern religions. He learned English outside of school, due to his maternal grandmother being British. In 1911, he became an assistant to Franz S. Exner, a scientist of the time. He was an war officer between 1914 and 1918 in the Austrian fortress artillery.
Middle Years
In 1921, Schrodinger had secured a residence in the University of Zurich, followed by succeeding Max Planck in the Fredrich Wilhelm University in Berllin during 1927. However, he left Germany during 1934 in order to escape from the Germans Nazism. He soon bounced from college to college in 1934 to 1936, eventually ending up in the University of Graz in Austria. During this time, he conversed with Albert Einstein and proposed the experiment known as Schrodinger''s Cat.
Later Years
Schrodinger experienced problems in 1939 when his opposition to Nazism was discovered. He announced he was renouncing his views, but it did him little good. He was fired from the University of Graz for political unstability. He was harrassed for the next few years still due to his anti-Nazi views, so he fled to England. He was offered a position in Ireland to create the Institute for Advanced Studies in Dublin, which would help escape the NAzi pursuers. While in Dublin, he wrote a book titled What is Life? which explained the genetic code for molecules within complex organisms. This is cited by James Watson and Francis Crick to be their inspiration to creating a model of DNA in 1953. Schrodinger remained in Dublin, Ireland until 1955. He moved back to Vienna, where he lived the rest of his life until his death in 1961.