1. Erwin Schrödinger

2. Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was born on August 12, 1887 He was born in Erdberg de, Vienna, Austria- Hungary He was the only child of Rudolf Schrödinger and Georgine Emilia Brenda He learned English and German almost at the same time Early years

3. Schrödinger married Annemarie Bertel. On 6 April 1920 He had a daughter Ruth Georgie Erica She was born on 30 May 1934 Marriage

4. Achievements A student at University of Vienna from 1906-1910 Erwin Schrödinger was a brilliant theoretical physicist A theoretical physicist goal is to rationalize, explain and predict physical phenomena.

5. Achievements continued Also an experimental physicist A significant contributor to the wave theory of matter

6. Achievements continued He continued advancements in quantum theory Continued advancements in color theory Professor at the University of Berlin

7. Noble prize Won the noble prize in 1933 For the Schrödinger equation

8. Schrödinger's cat A thought experiment Devised in 1935 Presents a cat that might be alive or dead, depending on an earlier random event

9. Personal life Schrödinger suffered from tuberculosis Retired in 1955 personal friend to Albert Einstein

10. Legacy Schrödinger's cat state are still debated today Crater on the moon is named after him Institute named for him established in Vienna,1993.

11. Death Died on 4 January 1961 He was 73 He died in Vienna, Austria He diedof tuberculosis

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