On This Day

#OnThisDay Happy Birthday Erwin Schrödinger! Born in 1887, the Nobel Prize-winning Austrian theoretical physicist and philosopher changed the face of quantum theory forever when he introduced his revolutionary wave equation for electron movements. Based on Niels Bohr’s atomic model and on de Broglie’s theory of wave mechanics, he formulated his Schrödinger equation which articulates the movements of electrons in terms of wave mechanics as opposed to particle leaps. This contribution earned him, along with Paul Dirac, the #Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 and is considered one of the most important achievements in 20th century physics. The equation helped form an important part of the foundation of quantum mechanics and plays a key role in the widely known thought experiment ‘Schrödinger’s Cat,’ which poses a paradoxical question related to quantum superposition. Reach us @ www.nuclearfriendsfoundation.com #NuclearPower #NuclearFacts #NuclearEnergy #NFF #NuclearFriendsFoundation #Clean #Green #RenewableEnergy