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“For a solitary animal egoism is a virtue that tends to preserve and improve the species: in any kind of community it becomes a destructive vice.”

Quote by Erwin Schrodinger

Book:What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

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What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches

This collection of works by Erwin Schrödinger delves into the profound questions of life, consciousness, and the relationship between mind and matter. It includes his seminal essay 'What is Life?' and further reflections on these themes, along with personal anecdotes and insights into his own life and scientific journey. more

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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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“A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement.”

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“I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.”

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“An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish.”

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“The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.”

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“The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one. The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of recent experience in the physical sciences, for this barrier does not exist.”

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“The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model.”

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“The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.”

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