- 1887-1961. Austrian-Irish physicist.
- Formulated the Schrodinger equation, the fundamental wave equation of quantum mechanics governing how quantum states evolve in time.
- His wave mechanics provided an equivalent and often more intuitive formulation than Heisenberg’s matrix mechanics.
- Authored “What is Life?” (1944), bridging physics and biology by proposing that genetic information is stored in an aperiodic crystal (anticipating DNA).
- Introduced the Schrodinger’s cat thought experiment, illustrating the measurement problem in quantum mechanics.
- “What is Life?” directly inspired Watson and Crick’s discovery of DNA structure, linking quantum mechanics to genetics and evolution.