V-Tech Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Erwin Schr?dinger, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who bent our minds with his quantum mechanics theories, is being celebrated today with a Google Doodle. He's perhaps best known for his "Schr?dinger's Cat" thought experiment involving a feline that's both alive and dead until its box is opened. Though it had nothing to do with his famous wave equations describing the energy levels of atoms, he used the metaphor to criticize an interpretation of quantum mechanics that was becoming popular at the time. It helped prove that a quantum system could exist in two states at once until measured, and he took pains to point out it was reductio ad absurdum and unrelated to cat murder. The creatures have enough to worry about, after all. http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/12/google-doodle-schrodinger/ grik 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Cats are popular. The next best thing from cats in physics would probably be that of Einstein regarding radio waves: "Wire telegraph is kind of a very long cat. You pull his tail in NY and he meows in LA. And radio operates exactly the same way. The only difference is that there is no cat." :rofl: grik 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted August 13, 2013 Member Share Posted August 13, 2013 That's a very cool doodle. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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