Schrodinger
Wave equation namesake
Schrödinger is the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), known for his foundational work in quantum mechanics.
His name appears most often in Schrödinger's cat, a thought experiment illustrating quantum superposition—a cat in a sealed box is simultaneously alive and dead until observed.
The scenario has become shorthand for any situation existing in two contradictory states at once: It's like Schrödinger's relationship—we're together and not together.
Smallest discrete unit
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- wavefunctionQuantum state's mathematical representation
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
mechanics · Copenhagen interpretation · eigenvalue · determinism · electron · atom · measurement problem · thought experiment
Having current existence
- deadNo longer alive
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- boxLidded storage container
- observerOne who perceives events
thought experiment · paradox · collapse · measurement · uncertainty · quantum state · Copenhagen · probability
Lack of fixed outcome
- HeisenbergGerman quantum theorist
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- observationAttentive watching or remark
quantum state · momentum · position · unknowable · complementarity · observer effect · microscopic · particles
quantum
Smallest discrete unit
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- wavefunctionQuantum state's mathematical representation
- entanglementState of being intertwined
Nobel Prize · mechanics · Copenhagen interpretation · eigenvalue · determinism · electron · atom · measurement problem · thought experiment · physics
alive
Having current existence
- deadNo longer alive
- superpositionCoexisting in multiple states
- boxLidded storage container
observer · thought experiment · paradox · collapse · measurement · uncertainty · quantum state · Copenhagen · probability · macroscopic
indeterminacy
Lack of fixed outcome
- HeisenbergGerman quantum theorist
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- measurementDetermining size or amount
observation · quantum state · momentum · position · unknowable · complementarity · observer effect · microscopic · particles · quantization
- scientistsbiologist, Einstein, anthropologist, Darwin, chemist
- CheminformaticsSAR, fingerprinting, docking, virtual libraries, Marvin
- physicsphysics, momentum, atom, acceleration, gravity
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
SchrodingerNiels Bohr
Heisenberg · Copenhagen interpretation · indeterminism · instrumentalist
SchrodingerNewton
Famous scientific surname
Isaac Newton · Laplace · determinist · clockwork universe · Newtonian mechanics
- Schrodinger's catQuantum indeterminacy illustration
- Schrodinger equationQuantum state evolution law
- Schrodinger's equationQuantum state time-evolution formula