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Erwin Schrödinger
Austrian physicist (1887–1961)
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Videos Mentioning Erwin Schrödinger
Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, The Big Bang, Aliens, Death, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #232
Lex Fridman
Physicist and author of the book 'What is Life?', which Brian Greene references when discussing the definition of life.
Peter Woit: Theories of Everything & Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong | Lex Fridman Podcast #246
Lex Fridman
Physicist known for his wave equation and formulation of quantum mechanics, arriving at an equivalent approach to Heisenberg within months.
Cumrun Vafa: String Theory | Lex Fridman Podcast #204
Lex Fridman
Developed the Schrödinger equation, a wave equation that describes how the quantum state of a quantum mechanical system changes over time.
Psychedelics & Mortality: A Conversation with Roland Griffiths (Episode #306)
Sam Harris
Physicist who made arguments similar to Tom Clark's regarding the nature of consciousness and the non-experience of its absence.
Eric Weinstein: Geometric Unity and the Call for New Ideas & Institutions | Lex Fridman Podcast #88
Lex Fridman
Physicist mentioned by Dirac as an example of someone whose beautiful equations should be explored even if they don't immediately agree with experiment.
Consciousness is Not a Computation (Roger Penrose) | AI Podcast Clips
Lex Fridman
Physicist who formulated the Schrödinger equation, famously illustrated with the thought experiment of Schrödinger's cat.
Eric Weinstein: On the Nature of Good and Evil, Genius and Madness | Lex Fridman Podcast #134
Lex Fridman
Physicist, mentioned as a deserving Nobel laureate whose prize was diluted by being shared.
Eric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16
Lex Fridman
Physicist known for the Schrödinger equation, discussed in the context of theoretical physics development.
Consciousness and the Physical World: A Conversation with Christof Koch (Episode #374)
Sam Harris
Physicist whose writings on consciousness influenced Koch.
Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A pioneering physicist, part of the 'fantastic assembly of brains' during physics' glory days in Germany before WWII.
Is Consciousness a Fundamental Building Block of the Universe? | Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Closer To Truth
Physicist mentioned for his work on thermodynamics and entropy, relevant to biology's fight against the second law.