Schrodinger : Centenary Celebration of a Polymath (Paperback)

1. Introduction C. W. Kilmister; 2. Boltzmann's influence on Schrodinger Dieter Flamm; 3. Schrodinger's original interpretation of the Schrodinger equation: a rescue attempt Jon Dorling; 4. Are there quantum jumps? J. S. Bell; 5. Square root of minus one, complex phases and Erwin Schrodinger Chen Ning Yung; 6. Consequences of the Schrodinger equation for atomic and molecular physics W. E. Thirring; 7. Molecular dynamics: from H + H, to biomolecules Martin Karplus; 8. Orbital presentation of chemical reactions Kenichi Fukui; 9. Quantum chemistry A. D. Buckingham; 10. Eamon de Valera, Erwin Schrodinger and the Dublin Institute Sir William McCrea; 11. Do bosons condense? J. T. Lewis; 12. Schrodinger's nonlinear optics James McConnell; 13. Schrodinger's unified field theory seen 40 years later O. Hittmair; 14. The Schrodinger equation of the Universe S. W. Hawking; 15. Overview of particle physics A. Salam; 16. Gauge fields, topological defects and cosmology T. W. B. Kibble; 17. Quantum theory and astronomy M. J. Seaton; 18. Schrodinger's contributions to chemistry and biology Linus Pawling; 19. Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? and molecular biology M. F. Perutz.