August 12

Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger was born on the 12th in 1887. He was an Austrian physicist who achieved some measure of fame for his contributions to quantum mechanics. I have absolutely no idea was that is but it must be very, very important because in 1933 he was awarded a Nobel prize for his work in that area and the Nobel Committee is not generally known for tossing those things around to simply anyone who has an incredibly long name. It is my guess that after receiving the Nobel Prize Schrödinger took to strong drink because in 1935 he gave to a breathlessly waiting world Schrödinger’s Cat Thought Experiment. Anyone who has had a close association with cats would know that it is best to not open that door.