History and future. In commemoration of quantum theory's centenary

D. Hoffmann, J. Lemmerich, Ann M. Hentschel

Dieter F. Hoffmann, J. Lemmerich, Ann M. Hentschel

J D Hey

SUMMARY In this article, written to commemorate the centenary of Schrödinger's birth, the life and major areas of intellectual activity of one of the giants of twentieth-century physics are reviewed under the following headings: early years, Louis de Broglie, wave mechanics, quantum mechanics, the Nobel Prize, paradoxes, relativity and field theory, contributions to biology, science in relation to ancient thought and philosophy, and the final years.

Matin Durrani

Carried out 100 years ago, the Stern–Gerlach experiment is rightly in the history books.

Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenberg

Hendrik B. G. Casimir