Schrödinger, life and thought /

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Author / Creator:Moore, Walter John, 1918-
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 513 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230563
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ISBN:9781139939188
1139939181
9781139933667
1139933663
052135434X
9780521354349
0521437679
9780521437677
Notes:Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-501).
Print version record.
Summary:In the first comprehensive biography of Erwin Schrödinger--a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people and ideas--the author draws upon recollections of Schrödinger's friends, family and colleagues, and on contemporary records, letters and diaries. Schrödinger led a very intense life, both in his research and in the personal realm. This book portrays his life 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. In Dublin, he wrote his most famous and influential book What is Life?, which attracted some of the brightest minds of his generation into molecular biology.
Other form:Print version: Moore, Walter John, 1918- Schrödinger, life and thought 052135434X