Both Erwin Schrodinger and Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac were physicists. They separately worked to develop equations that related to a field of physics called quantum mechanics. Together, Schrodinger and Dirac shared the 1933 Nobel Prize for physics.
Erwin Schrodinger was born in 1887 in Vienna. He served as a professor of theoretical physics in several German and Swill universities. He also was associated with the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. In later years, Schrodinger concentrated on expanding Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation to include electrical and magnetic phenomena. Schrodinger was also interested in the impact of science and technology on philosophy. He wrote two books that detail his concerns. He died in 1961.
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac was a British theoretical physicist who was born in Bristol, England in 1904. He attended Bristol and Cambridge universities. From 1932 to 1969, he held the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at Cambridge, a chair that was once held by the great English scientist Sir Isaac Newton.
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Schrodinger Enjoying our HeatIn 1971, Dirac became a professor of physics at Florida State University. His book The Principles of Quantum Mechanics was written in 1930 and is considered a classic in its field. He died in 1984.
Quantum mechanics is a field of physics that describes the structure of the atom and the motion of atomic particles. It also explains how atoms absorb and give off energy as light, and it clarifies the nature of light. Quantum mechanics has contributed greatly to the development of such important devices as lasers and transistors. It also has enable scientists to gain a better understanding of chemical bonds and chemical relations.
The idea of quantum mechanics explains that light is a stream of separate photons, which have characteristics of both particles and waves. Electrons and other atomic particles of matter are associated...