Erwin Schrödinger
publication date: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 (part of Spring 2019)
category: 
Science
clue: This physicist's example about a possibly dead cat made for a popular but morbid meme.
explanation: Schrödinger is known for "Schrödinger's cat," a thought experiment in which he demonstrated problems with the theory of quantum mechanics by explaining circumstances in which a cat in a box could be both alive and dead. more…
difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, and Stan Iwanchuk
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