Interferencia de dos fuentes puntuales by Rafael Campillos
Schrodinger, Erwin (1887-1961)
Austrian physicist who attempted to overcome the apparent particle- wave duality with a wave equation.
Various interpretations of Schrodinger’s wave equation have arisen. For some, particles are seen as wave packets. Others suggest that the particle is similar to a standing wave–a relatively stable energy formation that doesn’t travel through a medium.
The implications of all this speculation and theorizing are profound. Essentially it says that the idea of matter is a construction of the senses, mind and society. Underneath that social construction, we just have energy.
New Agers often champion this idea, suggesting the entire universe is merely energy while many theologians still talk about the reality of matter and the supposed indisputable authority of Aristotle’s views on that topic.
A better perspective, however, would accept the dissolution of the old idea of matter into some kind of energy but also look to spiritual realities as something mysterious yet qualitatively different from energy.
For his outstanding work in quantum mechanics Schrodinger won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933, sharing it with Paul Dirac.
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