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Quantum mechanics

Erwin Schrödinger

1887–1961 · Inventor of the wave equation

The Austrian physicist described quantum particles as waves and devised the famous cat thought experiment.

His wave equation of 1926 is still the heart of quantum mechanics and describes how states evolve over time.

With Schrödinger’s cat he showed how strange superposition seems when applied to large things.

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