埃爾溫·薛定諤

(由薛定諤跳轉過嚟)

埃爾溫·薛定諤粵音:sit3 ding6 ngok6;德文Erwin Schrödinger德文讀音: [ˈɛʁvɪn ˈʃʀødɪŋɐʁ]1887年8月12號1961年1月4號)係奧地利量子力學物理學家,量子力學奠基人,1933年憑住提出薛定諤方程式(Schrödinger equation)同英國物理學家狄勒Paul Dirac)一齊攞咗諾貝爾物理學獎[1]

埃爾溫·薛定諤
姓名原文Erwin Schrödinger
出生日1887年8月12號 喺Wikidata改呢個
出生地維也納 喺Wikidata改呢個
本名Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger
死亡日1961年1月4號 喺Wikidata改呢個 (73歲)
死亡地維也納 喺Wikidata改呢個
死因肺癆 喺Wikidata改呢個
國籍奧地利德國奧匈帝國納粹德國 喺Wikidata改呢個
識嘅語言德文 喺Wikidata改呢個
信奉無神論 喺Wikidata改呢個
母校牛津大學維也納大學、Akademisches Gymnasium 喺Wikidata改呢個
職業物理學家理論物理學家、學者、教授、非虛構文學作家、數學家 喺Wikidata改呢個
僱主維也納大學、University of Stuttgart、University of Jena、蘇黎世大學、University of Graz、Frederick William University Berlin、University of Wrocław、柏林洪堡大學牛津大學根特大學、Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 喺Wikidata改呢個
名作薛定諤方程式薛定諤貓 喺Wikidata改呢個
配偶Annemarie Schrödinger 喺Wikidata改呢個
仔女Ruth Braunizer 喺Wikidata改呢個
阿爸Rudolf Schrödinger 喺Wikidata改呢個

佢寫咗好多關於唔同範疇嘅物理學嘅著作:統計力學熱力學電介質物理、色彩理論電動力學廣義相對論宇宙學,仲試過幾次建立統一場論。喺佢本書《生命係咩?》入面,薛定諤由物理學嘅角度探討咗遺傳學嘅問題,研究生命呢個現象。佢仲好關注科學嘅哲學層面、古代同東方嘅哲學概念、倫理同宗教。[2]佢仲寫過關於哲學同理論生物學嘅文章。喺大眾文化入面,佢最出名嘅就係佢嘅「薛定諤貓思想實驗[3][4]

薛定諤一生大部分時間都喺唔同大學做學者,同狄勒一齊喺1933年因為佢哋喺量子力學方面嘅工作而獲得諾貝爾物理學獎,同年佢因為反對納粹主義而離開德國。喺佢嘅私生活中,佢同時同佢嘅妻子同情婦一齊住,可能因為咁而導致佢要離開牛津大學嘅職位。之後,直到1938年,佢喺奧地利格拉茨大學教書,到1938年德奧合併之後走佬,最後喺愛爾蘭都柏林度,搵到長期嘅安排。佢喺嗰度一直做到1955年退休,期間曾經同過幾個未成年人發生過性關係。

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早年

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薛定諤喺1887年8月12日出世喺奧地利首都維也納,佢爸爸 Rudolf Schrödinger 係植物學家[5][6],佢阿媽 Georgine Emilia Brenda Schrödinger 係化學教授 Alexander Bauer 嘅女[7]。薛定諤係佢哋嘅獨生仔

佢阿媽係半個奧地利人半個英國人;佢爸爸係天主教徒,而佢阿媽係路德宗教徒。佢自己係個無神論者。[8]不過,佢對東方宗教泛神論好有興趣,仲會喺佢嘅作品入面用宗教符號。[9]佢仲相信佢嘅科學工作係從智力上接近神性嘅一種方式。[10]

佢仲可以喺學校以外學到英文,因為佢外婆係英國人。[11]1906年到1910年之間(佢拎到博士學位嗰年),薛定諤喺維也納大學跟住物理學家 Franz S. Exner(1849-1926)同 Friedrich Hasenöhrl(1874-1915)讀書。佢喺維也納跟住Hasenöhrl拎到博士學位。佢仲同Karl Wilhelm Friedrich "Fritz" Kohlrausch一齊做實驗工作。1911年,薛定諤成為咗Exner嘅助手。[6]

中年時期

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年輕時嘅薛定諤

1914年,薛定諤完成咗講師資格論文(venia legendi)。1914年到1918年之間,佢以奧地利要塞砲兵嘅軍官身份參與戰爭工作(戈里齊亞杜伊諾西斯蒂亞納、普羅塞科、維也納)。1920年,佢成為耶拿Max Wien嘅助手,同年9月佢喺斯圖加特獲得咗ausserordentlicher Professor(差唔多等於英國嘅Reader或者美國嘅副教授)嘅職位。1921年,佢喺布勒斯勞(而家嘅波蘭弗羅茨瓦夫)成為咗ordentlicher Professor(即係正教授)。[6]

1921年,佢搬去咗蘇黎世大學。1927年,佢喺柏林嘅腓特烈·威廉大學接替咗馬克斯·普朗克嘅位置。1933年,薛定諤決定離開德國,因為佢強烈反對納粹嘅反猶太主義。佢成為咗牛津大學莫德林學院嘅院士。佢到咗冇幾耐,就同狄勒一齊攞到諾貝爾物理學獎。佢喺牛津嘅職位搞得唔係幾好;佢唔傳統嘅家庭安排,同兩個女人一齊住,冇受到接納。[12]1934年,薛定諤喺普林斯頓大學講課;佢得到咗一份長期職位嘅offer,但係佢冇接受。再一次,佢想同佢老婆同情婦一齊住可能又搞出咗麻煩。[13]佢本來有機會喺愛丁堡大學搵到份工,但係簽證拖延,最後佢喺1936年接受咗奧地利格拉茨大學嘅職位。佢仲接受咗印度阿拉哈巴德大學物理系主任嘅offer。[14]

喺呢啲任期問題中間,1935年,喺同愛因斯坦大量通信之後,佢提出咗而家叫做「薛定諤貓」嘅思想實驗[15]

晚年時期

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1938年,德奧合併之後,施洛定格因為1933年逃離德國同佢反對納粹主義嘅立場,喺格拉茲開始遇到好多問題。[16] 佢發表咗一份聲明,翻轉佢之前嘅立場。[17] 但佢後來後悔咗,並解釋俾愛因斯坦聽,佢話:「我想保留自由—但要做到呢個,就要靠巨大嘅虛偽。」[17] 但係,呢樣嘢無令新政權完全滿意,格拉茲大學以政治上嘅不可靠性為由,辭退咗佢。佢受到騷擾,仲被指示唔好離開國家。不過,佢同佢老婆都逃去意大利,之後去牛津根特大學擔任訪問教授。[17][16]

 
施洛定格(前排右二)同戴·華拉(前排左四)喺1942年都柏林高級研究院

同年,佢收到愛爾蘭總理、數學家艾蒙·戴·華拉嘅個人邀請,叫佢嚟愛爾蘭居住,並同意協助成立都柏林高級研究院[18] 佢搬咗去都柏林嘅Kincora路,過住簡樸嘅生活。佢喺Clontarf住嗰度同Merrion Square工作嘅地址都立咗紀念牌。[19][20][21] 施洛定格覺得,作為一個奧地利人,佢同愛爾蘭有獨特嘅關係。1940年10月,有位《愛爾蘭報》嘅作家訪問施洛定格,佢講到奧地利人嘅凱爾特血統,佢話:「我相信我哋奧地利人同凱爾特人之間有更深層嘅聯繫。奧地利阿爾卑斯山嗰啲地名據講都係凱爾特來源。」[22] 1940年,佢成為都柏林高級研究院理論物理學校嘅主任,並喺嗰度做咗17年。1948年,佢成為愛爾蘭嘅歸化公民,但亦保留咗佢嘅奧地利國籍。[23] 佢喺唔同嘅課題上面寫咗大概50篇文章,包括佢對古典統一場論嘅探索。[24]

1944年,佢寫咗《生命是甚麼?》,呢本書討論咗負熵同埋一個包含住遺傳密碼嘅複雜分子嘅概念。據詹姆斯·D·沃森嘅回憶錄《DNA,生命嘅秘密》所講,施洛定格嘅書俾咗沃森靈感去研究基因,最後喺1953年發現咗DNA雙螺旋結構。同樣,法蘭西斯·克里克喺佢自傳《What Mad Pursuit》中亦描述咗施洛定格對遺傳訊息點樣儲存喺分子中嘅推測對佢嘅影響。[25] 施洛定格一直留喺都柏林直到1955年退休。

當時,一篇叫《伽利略·伽利萊未出版對話嘅片段》[26]嘅手稿再次喺The King's Hospital寄宿學校出現。[27] 佢當年寫呢篇文章係為咗學校1955年嘅《Blue Coat》版本,來慶祝佢離開都柏林,去到維也納大學擔任物理學講座教授嘅職位。[28]

1956年,佢返返去維也納(擔任「ad personam」講座教授)。喺世界能源會議上進行重要演講嘅時候,佢因為懷疑核能,拒絕咗討論核能,反而進行咗一場哲學演講。呢段時間,施洛定格背離主流嘅量子力學對波粒二象性嘅定義,推動純粹嘅波動觀點,引起咗唔少爭議。[29][30]

肺結核同死亡

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Annemarie同Erwin Schrödinger嘅墓地;喺名牌上面刻咗施洛定格嘅量子力學波動方程Template:Equation box 1

施洛定格患上咗肺結核,1920年代期間幾次喺瑞士阿羅薩療養院住過。

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參考

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