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Quote by Erwin Schrodinger

“No self is of itself alone. It has a long chain of intellectual ancestors. The "I" is chained to ancestry by many factors ... This is not mere allegory, but an eternal memory.”

Quote by Erwin Schrodinger

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Erwin Schrodinger
Erwin Schrodinger

Austrian physicist and one of the key founders of quantum mechanics. His major contributions include the formulation of the Schrödinger equation, which had a profound impact on the development of quantum mechanics. more

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