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For a solitary animal egoism is a virtue that tends to preserve and improve the species: in any kind of community it becomes a destructive vice.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Animal Any Becomes Community Destructive Egoism Improve Kind Preserve Solitary Species Tends Vice Virtue

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Quantum physics thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Basic Oneness Physics Quantum Quantum Physics Reveals Thus Universe

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What we observe as material bodies and forces are nothing but shapes and variations in the structure of space.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Bodies Forces Material Nothing Observe Shapes Space Structure Variations

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The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Himself Namely Only Other Scientist Scientists Sincerity Them Things Truth Two

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I don't like it, and I'm sorry I ever had anything to do with it.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Anything Ever Had Like Sorry

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The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one. The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of recent experience in the physical sciences, for this barrier does not exist.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Barrier Between Broken Cannot Does Down Exist Existing Experience Given Me Object Once Only Perceived Physical Recent Result Said Sciences Subject Them World

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The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Able Been Clear Fact Far Far Less Forty Forty Years Ground Hand In Fact Interpretation Less Metaphysical Metaphysics Model More Other Physicists Physics Provide Quantum Quantum Physics Solid Than Verbal Years

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An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Animal Egoism Forming Greatly Perish Restricting States Will Without

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The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Accepted Accurate Atomic Consistent Countless Description Framework Mathematical Now Passed Phenomena Quantum Successful Tests Theory Universally

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A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement.

~Erwin Schrodinger

Topics: Analysis Atomic Between Careful Entities Experiment Isolated Meaning Measurement Observation Only Particles Physics Preparation Process Shown Subsequent Understood

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Scientist

Born: August 12th, 1887

Died: January 4th, 1961

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