Schrödinger's impression in nearly each box of technological know-how continues to be felt. He used to be a guy who single-handedly reshaped considering in cosmology, wave mechanics, statistical mechanics, unified box theories, theoretical chemistry and molecular biology. during this quantity, which used to be ready in 1987 to rejoice the centenary of Schrödinger's start, best figures in these kinds of fields have collaborated to supply this conscientiously built-in and edited survey of the guy and his technology. the various contributions are biographical in nature, revealing a lot in regards to the personality of the fellow. Others take care of modern day theories in numerous fields of technological know-how within which Schrödinger labored and his impact in these parts.
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