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Erwin Schrodinger

by Allana and Riley

Early Life

Early Life

-born August 12, 1887 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary

-grandmother taught him English as a second language to German

-Raised in a religious household as Lutheran, but became an atheist

-Studied 1906 and 1910 at Akademisches Gymnasium and the University of Vienna

Contributions

-well-known physicist

-helped develop quantum mechanical model of the atom

-studied many topics in the field of physics

-created Schrodinger's wave equation

-Schrodinger's cat thought experiment

Personal Life

Career and Personal Life

-studied under Friedrich Hasenohrl and Franz S. Exner, physicists at the University of Vienna

-married Annemarie Bertel

-had a daughter with mistress in 1934

-moved to Ireland in 1940 and lived there for 17 years

-retired in 1955

-returned to Vienna

-died in 1961 of tuberculosis

Benefits of his work

-discoveries allowed for further understanding of the atom

-thought experiment showed particles may have different properties than matter

-explored colour perception and colorimetry

-theories on varying topics

Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts

-served in WWI as artillery officer for Austria-Hungary

-suffered from tuberculosis multiple times

-won Nobel Prize in 1933

-had two daughters with two different women while in Ireland

-known opposition to Nazism

-has a moon crater named after him

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