Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution - by John Gribbin (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Erwin Schrödinger, best known for his famous "Schrödinger's Cat" paradox, is one of the most famous physicists of the early twentieth century and a member of a new generation of quantum physicists, including Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, and Niels Bohr. Yet Schrödinger's scientific discoveries only scratch the surface of what makes him so fascinating. More rumpled than Einstein, a devotee of eastern religion and philosophy, and infamous for his alternative lifestyle, his major contribution to physics--and the work for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1933--was to some extent a disappointment to him. Regardless, Schrödinger's masterpiece became an important part of the new physics of his time. This book tells the story of Schrödinger's surprisingly colorful life during one of the most fertile and creative moments in the history of science.

• The first accessible, in-depth biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger
• Takes you into the heart of the quantum revolution and explains the captivating world of quantum mechanics, which underpins all of modern science
• Written by bestselling author John Gribbin, one of today's greatest popular science writers whose other books include In Search of Schrödinger's Cat , In Search of the Multiverse, and Alone in the Universe

From the Back Cover

A lively, fascinating biography of the father of quantum mechanics by the bestselling author of In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

Erwin Schrodinger, best known for his famous Schrodinger's Cat paradox, is one of the most famous physicists of the twentieth century and the father of quantum mechanics. "Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution" is the first accessible, in-depth biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger. It takes you into the heart of the quantum revolution and explains the captivating world of quantum mechanics, which underpins all of modern science. Written by bestselling author John Gribbin, one of today's greatest popular science writers, this book unlocks the mysteries of quantum physics as it tells the memorable life story of one of the most colorful and unorthodox scientists of the twentieth century.

"Gribbin is an established master in the game of demystifying quantum mechanics"
-Jim Al-Khalili

About the Author

JOHN GRIBBIN is one of today's most successful and prolific writers of popular science. He is the author of bestselling books, including" In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, In Search of the Multiverse," and "Alone in the Universe." He trained as an astrophysicist at Cambridge University and is currently a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.