A pale marble bust of a balding older man. The rectangular base of the bust bears the words "Erwin Schrödinger 1887 to 1961." It also features a version of Schrödinger's equation, which is taught to all students of quantum mechanics. In this case, it is written as "i" times "h bar" times "Greek letter psi with a dot over it" (this character means the derivative of psi with time), "equals sign," "capital H" (this means the Hamiltonian operator) times "psi." This bust is at the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna. The sculptor is Ferdinand Welz (1915-2008), and the photo is by Wikimedia user Daderot, via Wikimedia Commons.
And "What Is Life" without naturalized Irish citizen Erwin Schrödinger?
His famous equation even has a Hamiltonian in it!
(Photo thanks to Wikimedia user Daderot.)
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