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He was a physicist that is most known for working with quantum mechanics. Schrodinger's cat was his thought on the uncertaintiness of the modern model of quantum mechanics. The cat was either dead or alive but also neither.

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Did Schrodinger have a cat?

Schrodinger did not actually have a cat. The "Schrodinger's cat" thought experiment was created by physicist Erwin Schrodinger to illustrate the concept of superposition in quantum mechanics.


What thought experiment did Erwin Schrodinger create?

Erwin Schrödinger created the famous "Schrödinger's Cat" thought experiment to illustrate the paradox of quantum superposition. In this experiment, a cat in a sealed box is both alive and dead at the same time until the box is opened and its state is observed.


Who is the world's most famous cat?

Mr. Lee the three eyed cat is the most famous cat in the world!


The quantum theory of the nuclear atom was developed by whom who used observations of Albert Einstein to formulate his theory?

Schrodinger, who created the schrodinger's cat theory.


Who came up with the Schrodinger's cat theory?

Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger


What year was Erwin Schrödinger born?

Schrodinger (famous for Schrodinger's Cat thought game) was born August 12, 1887.He died January 4, 1961 (age 73).


What exactly does Schrodinger's cat mean?

It's a thought experiment in quantum physics. In it, a cat is imagined to be in a box with a vial of poison gas. Whether the vial breaks or not is dependent on whether an atom of an element decays or not. Schrodinger believed that this showed an interpretation of quantum physics to be invalid or incomplete, as the Copenhagen interpretation would say that the cat could simultaneously be alive and dead at once.


What did Schrodinger and heisenberg discover?

Schrödinger discovered that his cat was either alive or dead, but Heisenberg convinced him that he could not be certain.


What do you call a large spotted civet?

What do I call it? If it lived in my house and it was actually a cat I would probably--probably--call it Steven. I might call it Schrodinger, maybe. On the other hand, I think what you are looking for is not the name of a cat [and the civet isn't really a cat anyway]. It's the name for the type of civet that is large and spotted. I think the one you want is the African civet, Civettictis civetta. It is not only covered with spots and of a decent size, it's the one to which most people refer--unless, of course, they are thinking about coffee. Then the Asian palm civet is your culprit--but it is of a different look altogether.


What is the name of your neighbor's friend's cat's daughter's mother's auntie's chicken's monkey's volcanoes son's dog's tree's uncle in law?

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When was They Call Her the Cat created?

They Call Her the Cat was created in 2004.


How significant was Schrodinger's cat to the development of quantum physics?

Pretty Significant. There was a theory that explains that, due to superposition, the cat is both alive and dead (since we don't know yet because we can't observe it). The experiment of Schrodinger's cat will be explained at the bottom of the answer. So, Schrodinger did an experiment to show that the cat is either alive or dead. But, at a quantum level, the cat is both alive and dead at the same time, until the measurement is taken (or when we open the box, again the experiment will be explained at the bottom of the post in case you don't know). This was an attempt to prove superposition wrong, and it failed. It was all about There being two worlds, one where the cat is alive and one where the cat is dead, and which world you access. Sorry if this is a little jumping around. It's not like i made a plan for this. The layout of Schrodinger's cat is kind of confusing, just like the rest of Quantum Physics =) . In a steel cage, there is a radioactive item, a switch, a bottle of poison, and a cat. There is a 50/50 chance of the radioactive item giving off radioactive material. If it does, the switch is flipped and the bottle of poison is broken and the cat dies. So, it's totally up to randomness if the cat dies. So, from a certain perspective, there is two worlds; one where the cat lives, and one where the cat dies. It's just a matter of which world you access when you take the measurement. I hope that answered your question. Sorry if that was a little confusing.