Schrödinger : life and thought
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Schrödinger : life and thought
（Canto classics）
Cambridge University Press, 2015
Canto classics ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-501) and index
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Description
Erwin Schroedinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas. In this, the first comprehensive biography of Schroedinger, Walter Moore draws upon recollections of Schroedinger's friends, family and colleagues, and on contemporary records, letters and diaries. Schroedinger's life is portrayed against the backdrop of Europe at a time of change and unrest. His best known scientific work was the discovery of wave mechanics, for which he was awarded the Nobel prize in 1933. Schroedinger led a very intense life, both in his scientific research and in his personal life. Walter Moore has written a highly readable biography of this fascinating and complex man, which will appeal not only to scientists but to anyone interested in the history of our times, and in the life and thought of one of the great men of twentieth-century science.
Table of Contents
- 1. Family, childhood and youth
- 2. University of Vienna
- 3. Schroedinger at war
- 4. From Vienna to Zurich
- 5. Zurich
- 6. Discovery of wave mechanics
- 7. Berlin
- 8. Exile in Oxford
- 9. Graz
- 10. Wartime Dublin
- 11. Postwar Dublin
- 12. Home to Vienna.
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