h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Erwin Schrodinger - A2667468
Author: Omega_Kai - U629030

I have just finnished this as my first essay, and is based off of a school project i just finnished. I look forward to any crtisism or comments you have.

A very concise and informative entry. And a good explaination of the experiment. Even I understood it, and that's saying a lot!

In the sixth paragraph you mention Jena and Zurich, but not the names of the specific universities. If they're anyplace noteworthy in may be worth adding.

- don

Possibly also some slight elaboration, or some suitable links, for those of us who don't know what an eigenvalue problem is.

Interesting stuff otherwise.

Good entry . He really is quite a superstar in the whole Quantum Mechanics field, so he's worthy of an entry. You have done a good job of synopsising his life.

My only major point, I guess, would be that there is very little of "Erwin, the human being" here. It reads a bit like a CV at times, and doesn't give us insight into the man himself - what he liked, what his influences were, what type of personality he had, anything he might have said or done which tells us something about the person underneath all these achievements.

Another thing that struck me was that the Schroedinger Equation seems to appear from nowhere - I assume this arose from his time in Zurich. Maybe the equation should be mentioned in the Zurich / deBroglie paragraph, if indeed it was formulated then.

"Many physicist[s] have come to hate quantum theory in general due to the incedibly large problems in our view of the Uinverse that it generates" - is this really true? Quantum theory is one of the most reliable theories there is. Paradoxical, perverse and nonsensical yes, but also unfailingly accurate. Lasers and semiconductors would never have been invented if it were not for Quantum Theory.

Some typos.

The it is unsure - It is unsure
actually given by Schrödinger himself - actually created?
dissertation on The conduction - the conduction
later to come theories - later theories
This theory states that the electron in a atom behave - the electrons in an atom
All this is under the area of Quantum theory, and therefore deals greatly with probability. - hmm. I'm not sure of the therefore...
Many physicist have come - physicists
Uinverse - Universe
sence - sense

That's all I can think of for the time being. These are just small suggestions in what overall is a very good entry. Well done again.

Woodpigeon

The author has Elvised.

But we really ought to have an entry on Schrodinger, so I propose a move to FM.


Geggs

Yes, this is worthy of a trip through FM, so seconded