Schrodinger In Oxford av David Charles (University Of Oxford Uk) Clary

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<p>Erwin Schr¿dinger was one of the greatest scientists of all time but it is not widely known that he was a Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford in the 1930s. This book is an authoritative account of Schr¿dinger''s time in Oxford by Sir David Clary, an expert on quantum chemistry and a former President of Magdalen College, who describes Schr¿dinger''s remarkable life and scientific contributions in a language that can be understood by all. Through access to many unpublished manuscripts, the author reveals in unprecedented detail the events leading up to Schr¿dinger''s sudden departure from Berlin in 1933, his arrival in Oxford and award of the Nobel Prize, his dramatic escape from the Nazis in Austria to return to Oxford, and his urgent flight from Belgium to Dublin at the start of the Second World War.</p><p><br></p><p>The book presents many acute observations from Schr¿dinger''s wife Anny and his daughter Ruth, who was born in Oxford and became an acquaintance of the author in the las