A lively, fascinating biography of the father of quantum mechanics by
the bestselling author of the science classic, In Search of
Schrödinger's Cat
Erwin Schrödinger, best known for his famous "Schrödinger's Cat"
paradox, is one of the most famous physicists of the early twentieth
century and a member of a new generation of quantum physicists,
including Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, and Niels Bohr. Yet
Schrödinger's scientific discoveries only scratch the surface of what
makes him so fascinating. More rumpled than Einstein, a devotee of
eastern religion and philosophy, and infamous for his alternative
lifestyle, his major contribution to physics--and the work for which he
received the Nobel Prize in 1933--was to some extent a disappointment to
him. Regardless, Schrödinger's masterpiece became an important part of
the new physics of his time. This book tells the story of Schrödinger's
surprisingly colorful life during one of the most fertile and creative
moments in the history of science.
- The first accessible, in-depth biography of the Nobel Prize-winning
Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger
- Takes you into the heart of the quantum revolution and explains the
captivating world of quantum mechanics, which underpins all of modern
science
- Written by bestselling author John Gribbin, one of today's greatest
popular science writers whose other books include In Search of
Schrödinger's Cat , In Search of the Multiverse, and Alone in the
Universe
